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霢: dust

By March 29, 2016January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

霢 [霢] mài

noun
: dust


Kun Reading
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On Reading
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Usage:

霢霂 mai4 mu4: (literary) drizzling rain; (fig.) dripping sweat
[小雨 | こさめ kosame: light rain; drizzle]
Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
(yu3: rain radical 173) suggests the meaning while
脈 (mai4: blood vessels) while provides the sound.


簡體 Simplified.


Examples:
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Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary