勱

See also: 劢

勱 U+52F1, 勱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52F1 ← 勰 [U+52F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 勲 → [U+52F2]

Translingual

Han character

勱 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月大尸 (TBKS) or 難難廿月大 (XXTBK), four-corner 4442₇, composition ⿰萬力)

1. put forth effort, strive forward

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2459
• Dae Jaweon: page 337, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 380, character 3
• Unihan data for U+52F1

Chinese

trad.		勱
simp.		劢*
alternative forms		邁／迈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
糲	*m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd
犡	*m·raːds, *m·rads
噧	*hmreːds, *r̥ʰaːd
邁	*mraːds
勱	*mraːds
蠆	*m̥ʰraːds
厲	*m·rads
勵	*m·rads
礪	*m·rads
蠣	*m·rads
蠇	*m·rads
癘	*m·rads
濿	*m·rads
櫔	*m·rads
巁	*m·rads
贎	*m·rads, *mlans
萬	*mlans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mài (mai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): māi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mài
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴
    • Yale: mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
    • Palladius: май (maj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶
    • Yale: maaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi
    • Tâi-lô: māi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: maejH

Rime
Character	勱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫話切
Baxter	maejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/maiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjsH/
Li Rong	/maiH/
Wang Li	/mæiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/maiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勱
Reading #	1/1
No.	12619
Phonetic component	萬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	邁
Old Chinese	/*mraːds/
Notes	讀若萬

Definitions

勱

1. (literary) to exert oneself; to make an effort

Japanese

Kanji

勱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばい (bai); め (me)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 勱める)

Korean

Hanja

勱 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae)

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