酶

酶 U+9176, 酶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9176 ← 酵 [U+9175] CJK Unified Ideographs 酷 → [U+9177]

Translingual

Han character

酶 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田人田卜 (MWOWY), four-corner 1865₇, composition ⿰酉每)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1283, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39869
• Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3584, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9176

Chinese

trad.		酶
simp. #		酶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脢	*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
挴	*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
海	*hmlɯːʔ
毐	*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
呣	*mɯ
拇	*mɯʔ
母	*mɯʔ
胟	*mɯʔ
姆	*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
畮	*mɯʔ
踇	*mɯʔ
苺	*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓	*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
敏	*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
鰵	*mrɯŋʔ
慜	*mrɯŋʔ
毋	*ma
梅	*mɯː
酶	*mɯː
鋂	*mɯː
每	*mɯːʔ
毎	*mɯːs
痗	*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
晦	*hmɯːs
誨	*hmɯːs
悔	*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
霉	*mrɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯː) : semantic 酉 + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
    • Tâi-lô: muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
    • Tâi-lô: buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酶
Reading #	1/1
No.	9304
Phonetic component	母
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/
Notes	正體從米，周禮作媒

Definitions

酶

1. ^† alternative form of 媒 (“yeast”)
2. (biochemistry) enzyme

   酯酶  ―  zhǐméi  ―  esterase

   蛋白酶  ―  dànbáiméi  ―  protease

   Synonym: 酵素 (jiàosù)

Compounds

• 固氮酶 (gùdànméi)
• 消化酶 (xiāohuàméi)
• 澱粉酶／淀粉酶 (diànfěnméi)
• 激酶 (jīméi)
• 發酵酶／发酵酶
• 碳酸酐酶 (tànsuāngānméi)
• 細胞溶解酶／细胞溶解酶
• 肽酶 (tàiméi)
• 胃蛋白酶 (wèidànbáiméi)
• 胰澱粉酶／胰淀粉酶
• 胰脂酶
• 胰蛋白酶 (yídànbáiméi)
• 脲酶 (niàoméi)
• 蔗糖酶 (zhètángméi)
• 轉化酶／转化酶
• 過氧化氫酶／过氧化氢酶 (guòyǎnghuàqīngméi)
• 酒化酶
• 酒精去氫酶／酒精去氢酶
• 酯酶 (zhǐméi)
• 酶原 (méiyuán)
• 酶學／酶学 (méixué)
• 麥芽糖酶／麦芽糖酶 (màiyátángméi)

 

References

• “酶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

酶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、め (me)
• Kun: さけのもと (sakenomoto)、さかだね (sakadane)

Korean

Hanja

酶 (eum 매 (mae))

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Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 酉 (“wine”) + phonetic 每 (mỗi)

Han character

酶: Hán Việt readings: môi (謀(mưu)杯(bôi)切(thiết))
酶: Nôm readings: muối

1. Nôm form of muối (“salt”).