茗
Meanings
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- 1.Thea sinensis
- 2.young leaves of tea
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Wiktionary
- 1.tea buds
- 2.late-picked tea
- 3.tea plant
- 4.tea (drink)
- 5.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *meːŋʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ). A late word; earliest extant attestation is in Shuowen Jiezi (c. C.E. 100). Likely from Austroasiatic. Compare Palaungic မျံမ် (miəm), Danau [script needed] (miːn²), Lamet mɪːŋ, Mlabri miʌŋ, Mal mhiaŋ, Nyah Kur mìəm, Thai เมี่ยง (mîiang), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩮᩥ᩠᩶ᨿᨦ, Lao ໝ້ຽງ (mīang).
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