物

物 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心竹竹 (HQPHH), four-corner 2752₀, composition ⿰牜勿)

• 𭈘, 𠡵, 惣, 𤊘, 𭱮, 鿯, 𫙦, 𭬲

• KangXi: page 699, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19959
• Dae Jaweon: page 1111, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1805, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7269

Historical forms of the character 物
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯd) : semantic 牛 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT), whence Tibetan འབྲུ ('bru, “seed; grain”), Jingpho amyu (ə myú, “kind; sort”), Burmese မျိုး (myui:, “seed”).

物

1. thing, matter

   物體／物体  ―  wùtǐ  ―  object

   動物／动物  ―  dòngwù  ―  animal [lit. moving thing]

2. all of the outside world, excluding oneself
3. substance, content
4. Short for 物理 (wùlǐ, “physics”).
5. to choose, to select
6. to seek, to look for

   物色  ―  wùsè  ―  to seek out, to scout out

7. (Teochew) to do

   家己物 [Teochew]  ―  ga¹ gi⁷ muêh⁸ [Peng'im]  ―  do it by oneself

8. ^† Alternative form of 勿 (wù).
9. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 乜 (miē, “what”).

• (to do):

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: もつ (motsu, Jōyō); もち (mochi)
• Kan-on: ぶつ (butsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: もの (mono, 物, Jōyō); もん (mon, 物)

⟨mo₂no₂⟩ → ⟨mono₂⟩ → /mono/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Kojiki. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *mənə.

• (informal) 物(もん) (mon)

• (Tokyo) もの​ [mònóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
• (Tokyo) もの [mònó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞]

物(もの) • (mono) 

1. thing (concrete, tangible)

   Synonym: (slang) 物 (butsu)

   1. (law) a corporeal object
      • Japanese Civil Code, Article 85

        この法(ほう)律(りつ)において「物(もの)」とは、有(ゆう)体(たい)物(ぶつ)をいう。

        Kono hōritsu ni oite “mono” to wa, yūtaibutsu o iu.

        The term "Things" as used in this Code shall mean tangible thing.

• 事 (koto, “thing”, abstract, intangible)

物(もの) • (-mono) 

1. story, genre (type of story)

   密室(みっしつ)モノ

   misshitsu-mono

   locked room story

   探(たん)偵(てい)もののドラマ

   tantei-mono no dorama

   detective drama

   冒(ぼう)険(けん)ものです。

   Bōken-mono desu.

   It is an adventure story.

物(もの) • (mono-) 

1. (non-productive, with adjectives) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 物寂(ものさび)しい (monosabishii)
• 物凄(ものすご)い (monosugoi)
• 物狂(ものぐる)い (monogurui)

/mono/ → /mon/

Shift from mono above.

• IPA^(key): [mõ̞ɴ]

物(もん) • (mon) 

1. (informal) Alternative form of 物 (mono, “thing”)

From Middle Chinese 物 (MC mɨut̚).

• (Tokyo) ぶ​つ [búꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

物(ぶつ) • (butsu) ^{←ぶつ (butu)?}

1. (slang) thing

   Synonym: 物 (mono)

物(ぶつ) • (butsu) ^{←ぶつ (butu)?}

1. thing

From Middle Chinese 物 (MC mɨut̚).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [muɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [물]

Wikisource 物 (eumhun 물건(物件) 물 (mulgeon mul))

1. Hanja form^? of 물 (“thing; stuff”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

物

• Kun: むぬー (munū, 物)

• IPA^(key): /munuː/

物 (hiragana むぬー, rōmaji munū)

1. thing

物

• Kun: むぬ (munu, 物)

• IPA^(key): /munu/

物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)

1. thing

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• On (unclassified): むち (muchi)^{←むつぃ (mutwi, historical)}
• Kun: むぬ (munu, 物); むん (mun, 物)

• 書(し)物(むち) (shimuchi)
• 金(かな)物(むん) (kanamun)
• 物(むぬ)語(がたい) (munugatai)
• 昔(んかし)物(むぬ)語(がたい) (nkashimunugatai)

• IPA^(key): /munu/, /muŋ/

物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu, alternative reading むん, rōmaji mun)

1. thing

物: Hán Việt readings: vật
物: Nôm readings: vật

1. chữ Hán form of vật (“item; object; thing”).

物

• Kun: むぬ (munu, 物)

• IPA^(key): /munu/

物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)

1. thing

物

• Kun: むぬ (munu, 物)

• IPA^(key): /munu/

物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)

1. thing