皿

See also: 血 and 罒

皿 U+76BF, 皿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76BF ← 皾 [U+76BE] CJK Unified Ideographs 盀 → [U+76C0]

⽫ U+2F6B, ⽫ KANGXI RADICAL DISH ← ⽪ [U+2F6A] Kangxi Radicals ⽬ → [U+2F6C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 108 皿

皿 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月廿 (BT), four-corner 7710₀, composition ⿴𠀃⿰丨丨 or ⿱𦉫一)

1. Kangxi radical #108, ⽫.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/皿
• 𠰘, 㳑, 𭜛, 𫒏, 血, 𠱄, 孟, 𡘃, 𪭌, 昷, 㭗, 泴, 𥥊, 笽, 蛊, 𬵉, 𪉟, 齍
• 𭮓, 𭸒, 𫴃, 𨡰, 𥂳, 𨣓, 𪉩, 𪉶, 蠱, 𦱣, 𦷐, 𦹧, 𦻌, 𦼬, 䕄, 𦿘, 𧀽, 𧂚, 𮆊, 𥶊, 鹽
• 𢴕, 𤡛, 𥢃, 橀, 醯, 醓, 䭍, 𤎏, 簋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 792, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22941
• Dae Jaweon: page 1207, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2557, character 1
• Unihan data for U+76BF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		皿
2nd round simp.		𠀃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 皿
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
猛	*mraːŋʔ
艋	*mraːŋʔ
蜢	*mraːŋʔ
皿	*maŋʔ
孟	*mraːŋs

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

Pictogram (象形) A pictograph of an empty container, such as a chalice. The handles are conjoined in the modern form.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	皿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武永切
Baxter	mjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋX/
Li Rong	/miɐŋX/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming5

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjængX ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋʔ/
English	vessel, bowl
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	皿
Reading #	1/1
No.	9151
Phonetic component	皿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	皿
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐn, mǐng (min³, ming³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ, ㄇㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mén
• Jin (Wiktionary): ming²
• Northern Min (KCR): měng
• Eastern Min (BUC): mīng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): béng / bín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min; ⁵min
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): min³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐn
    • Wade–Giles: min³
    • Yale: mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
    • Palladius: минь (minʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ming³
    • Yale: mǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁵
    • Yale: míhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mén
    • Hakka Romanization System: men^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men³
    • Sinological IPA: /men³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ming²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /miŋ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: měng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ming³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ming³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng
    • Tâi-lô: bíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bín
    • Tâi-lô: bín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bin⁵³/

Note:

• béng - literary;
• bín - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: méng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶min; ⁵min
    • MiniDict: min^去; 'min^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min; ²'min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²³/, /min³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: min³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjaengX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maŋʔ/

Definitions

皿

1. dish; vessel

   培養皿／培养皿  ―  péiyǎngmǐn  ―  Petri dish

Usage notes

• As a component of other characters, 皿 can be referred to as 皿字底 (mǐnzìdǐ), 皿墩 (mǐndūn) or 皿墩兒／皿墩儿 (mǐndūnr).

Compounds

• 北皿
• 南皿
• 器皿 (qìmǐn)
• 培養皿 / 培养皿 (péiyǎngmǐn)
• 皿卷
• 皿器
• 皿字底 (mǐnzìdǐ)
• 皿金
• 美耐皿 (měinàimǐn)
• 金皿

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 皿 – see 四 (“four; in or from the four directions; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 四).