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黴

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

mildew

HSK 10

Nature →Plants →Fungi

méi

バイ、ビ、マイ、ミ

かび、かび.る、か.びる

미

A small 微 black 黑 growth; 微 also provides the pronunciation

Components

微 tiny+ 黑 black =

黴 mildew

微 Meaning component

wēi tiny

small, prefix micro-, trifling

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黑 Meaning component

hēi black

Notes

Similar Characters

薇 Osmunda regalis 墨 black ink 黔 guizhou 黛 blacken eyebrows 黜 dismiss 黝 black (iii)點 spot (trad)黟 black and shining 黠 cunning 黢 black (9ee2)黥 tattoo criminals on 黧 a dark 黨 political party (trad)黪 grey (simp)黯 black 嘿 Hey!默 silent 黩 dishonor (simp)黷 to dishonor (trad)

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

黴

Regular

Modern

Japanese

黴カビ、かび同音

noun usually kana mold; mould; mildew

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

長靴にかびが生えた。

Mold grew on the boots.

CHINESE WORDS (5)

红霉素 [hóngméisù] #40,781

组织浆霉菌病 [zǔzhījiāngméijūnbìng]

肺炎霉浆菌 [fèiyánméijiāngjūn]

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

青霉素 [qīngméisù] #20,417

霉浆菌肺炎 [méijiāngjūnfèiyán]

mycoplasma pneumonia

JAPANESE WORDS (25)

⭐ 梅雨 [つゆ] #19,624

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)

カビ臭い [かびくさい] #46,896

smelling of mold

梅毒 [ばいどく] #57,037

カビが生える [カビがはえる] #59,246

⭐ ばい菌 [ばいきん] #59,998

黴びる [かびる] #109,621

to get moldy (mouldy)

カビ臭 [カビしゅう] #152,613

黒カビ [くろかび] #223,834

black mold (Aspergillus niger)

青カビ [あおかび] #225,112

防カビ剤 [ぼうカビざい] #275,065

anti-mold agent

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