廟

See also: 庙
廟 U+5EDF, 廟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EDF
← 廞
[U+5EDE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廠 →
[U+5EE0]

Translingual

Han character

廟 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈十十月 (IJJB), four-corner 00227, composition ⿸广朝)

Derived characters
  • 𫗻(𬳙)

References
  • KangXi: page 350, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9489
  • Dae Jaweon: page 662, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 901, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5EDF

Chinese
trad. 廟
simp. 庙
alternative forms 庿

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (朝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嘲 *ʔr'eːw
廟 *mrews
朝 *ʔr'ew, *r'ew
潮 *r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrews) : semantic 广 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Hmong-Mien *prəuX (“house”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • biō - vernacular;
  • biāu - literary.
Note:
  • bhio7 - Shantou;
  • bhiê7 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 廟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 眉召切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠiᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚiɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /miawH/
Li
Rong		 /mjɛuH/
Wang
Li		 /mĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 miào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 miu6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 miào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjewH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[m]raw-s/
English a kind of building with side rooms

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 廟
Reading # 1/1
No. 1306
Phonetic
component		 朝
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 廟
Old
Chinese		 /*mrews/
Notes 古文作庿

Definitions

廟

  1. (architecture, religion) temple (Classifier: 座; 間／间)

Usage notes

The term 廟 is primarily used in the formal names for the temples of traditional deities who rank fairly low in the celestial hierarchy. The temples of higher-ranking gods, such as Mazu after her elevation to the "Queen of Heaven" by the Qing dynasty, are usually known as 宮／宫 (gōng, “palace”).

Synonyms
Synonyms of 廟

Compounds
Derived terms from 廟

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (廟):
  • → Japanese: 廟(びょう) (byō)
  • → Korean: 묘(廟) (myo)
  • → Vietnamese: miếu (廟)

Others:

  • → Proto-Be: *miːwᴮꟲ²

References

Japanese

Kanji
廟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings
  • Go-on: みょう (myō)
  • On: びょう (byō)
  • Kun: たまや (tamaya, 廟); みたまや (mitamaya, 廟); やしろ (yashiro, 廟)

Noun

廟(びょう) • (byō) 

  1. mausoleum
  2. shrine
  3. palace

Korean

Hanja

廟 (eumhun 사당 묘 (sadang myo))

  1. Hanja form? of 묘 (“temple, shrine”).
  2. Hanja form? of 묘 (“imperial court”).

Vietnamese

Han character

廟: Hán Nôm readings: miếu, mưỡu, méo, miễu

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