湄

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: méi
Cantonese: mei4
JapaneseKun: MIZUGIWA
JapaneseOn: BI MI DAN NAN
Korean: MI
Vietnamese: mưa

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: water's edge, shore, bank

CE-Dict: brink/edge

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a shore; a bank

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》湄水艸交為湄。从水眉聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】湄
【唐韻】武悲切【集韻】【韻會】旻悲切，𠀤音眉。【爾雅·釋水】水草交爲湄。【釋名】湄，眉也。臨水如眉也。【詩·秦風】在水之湄。【傳】水隒也。正義曰：隒是山岸湄是水岸，故曰水隒。　亦與麋通。【詩·小雅】居河之麋。【箋】麋，本又作湄。　又湖名。【水經注】淮水左迤爲湄湖。　又【集韻】乃管切，音煖。與渜同。湯也。　【集韻】或作𣽪㵟𤃰𤃱。

CF-Dict: bord

Han-De-Dict: Rand (u.E.) (S)