明礬

See also: 明矾

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	alum
trad. (明礬)		明	礬
simp. (明矾)		明	矾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngfán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ faan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-fàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-hoân
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-ve

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngfán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngfán
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-fan²
  - Yale: míng-fán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingfarn
  - Palladius: минфань (minfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ fän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ faan⁴
  - Yale: mìhng fàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ faan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ fan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ faːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-fàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ fan^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² fan²
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ fan¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-hoân
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-huân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: benghoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ huan²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶min-ve
  - MiniDict: min^去 ve
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-ve
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ve⁴⁴/

Noun

明礬

(chemistry) alum
Synonyms: 白礬 / 白矾 (báifán), 明石 (míngshí)

Derived terms

明礬石 / 明矾石 (míngfánshí, “alunite”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明礬):

→ Japanese: 明(みょう)礬(ばん) (myōban)
→ Korean: 명반(明礬) (myeongban)

→ Tagalog: binghuwan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	礬
みょう Grade: 2	ばん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みょーばん [myòóbáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːbã̠ɴ]

Noun

明(みょう)礬(ばん) or 明礬(ミョウバン) • (myōban)

(chemistry) alum

Derived terms

明礬石(みょうばんせき) (myōbanseki, “alunite”)

References

“明^▲礬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025