泯

泯 U+6CEF, 泯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CEF
← 泮
[U+6CEE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 泰 →
[U+6CF0]

Translingual

Han character

泯 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水口女心 (ERVP), four-corner 37147, composition ⿰氵民)

  1. destroy, eliminate
  2. perish

Derived characters
  • 𢛣

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17324
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1596, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6CEF

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 泯
alternative forms 冺

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (民) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
眠 *miːn
民 *min
泯 *min, *minʔ
怋 *min, *mɯːn
岷 *mrin
珉 *mrin
罠 *mrin
笢 *mrin, *minʔ
鈱 *mrin
抿 *mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
刡 *minʔ
敃 *mrinʔ
愍 *mrinʔ
暋 *mrinʔ
蟁 *mɯn

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 泯 泯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 彌鄰切 武盡切
Baxter mjin mjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /miɪn/ /miɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /min/ /minX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mjen/ /mjenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /min/ /minX/
Li
Rong		 /miĕn/ /miĕnX/
Wang
Li		 /mĭĕn/ /mĭĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ĕn/ /mi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mín mǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 man4 man5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 泯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mǐn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mi[n]/
English destroy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 泯 泯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9131 9139
Phonetic
component		 民 民
Rime
group		 眞 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 民 泯
Old
Chinese		 /*min/ /*minʔ/

Definitions

泯

  1. to destroy; to obliterate; to extinguish; to vanish

Compounds
  • 不泯 (bùmǐn)
  • 丹誠不泯／丹诚不泯
  • 沒齒難泯／没齿难泯
  • 泯沒／泯没
  • 泯泯
  • 泯滅／泯灭 (mǐnmiè)
  • 泯然
  • 泯然無跡／泯然无迹
  • 泯然無際／泯然无际
  • 泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué)
  • 泯耳攢蹄／泯耳攒蹄
  • 泯跡／泯迹
  • 盛德不泯
  • 眩泯
  • 童心未泯 (tóngxīnwèimǐn)
  • 至死不泯
  • 良心未泯

Japanese

Kanji
泯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

泯 (eum 민 (min))

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Vietnamese

Han character

泯: Hán Nôm readings: mẫn

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References
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