幂

See also: 冪

幂 U+5E42, 幂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E42 ← 幁 [U+5E41] CJK Unified Ideographs 幃 → [U+5E43]

Translingual

Han character

幂 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月日大月 (BAKB), composition ⿱𠖇巾 or ⿳冖旲巾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 334, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1596
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 305, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5E42

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
瞑	*meːn, *meːns, *meːŋ
嫇	*mreːŋ, *meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
慏	*meŋʔ
冥	*meːŋ
榠	*meːŋ
鄍	*meːŋ
溟	*meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
螟	*meːŋ
猽	*meːŋ
蓂	*meːŋ, *meːɡ
覭	*meːŋ, *meːɡ
暝	*meːŋ, *meːŋs
幎	*meːɡ
幂	*meːɡ
塓	*meːɡ

See 冪／幂 (mì).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 幂 – see 冪 (“to cover with cloth; cloth cover; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 冪).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

幂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べき (beki)、みゃく (myaku)
• Kun: おおう (ōu)、おおいぬの (ōinuno)