"む" meaning in Japanese

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Interjection

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: mu [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} む • (mu)
  1. Used to indicate a mumbling sound.
    Sense id: en-む-ja-intj-R1nCYwvN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology: From Old Japanese. First cited in the Kojiki of 712. The pronunciation shifted from /mu/ to just nasal /m/ and then to the generalized nasal /ɴ/ by the mid-Heian period (794–1185), leading some writers to use ん (n) instead to write this suffix. The kana ん (n) itself evolved out of a hentaigana (alternative kana form) for む (mu) based on the cursive for kanji 无 (mu). In Classical Japanese texts, the practice now is to pronounce final む (-mu) as ん (-n) instead. As a separate phonological shift, /mu/ retained the vowel but lost the consonant, becoming a nasalized /ũ/ and then plain /u/. This then often fused with the preceding vowel, ultimately leading to the development of the modern volitional / suppositional /oː/ ending in modern Japanese. See よう for more detail. Variously described as suppositional ("seems like"), volitional ("I will"), or hortative ("let's). Ultimately, all of these senses arise from an apparent base meaning of "seem, appear, look like". May be cognate with 目 (me, “eye”), 見る (miru, “to see; to look at”), びる (-biru, “to look like, to seem like, to behave like”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|ん}} ん (n), {{ja-r|ん}} ん (n), {{ja-r|む}} む (mu), {{m|ja|无|tr=mu}} 无 (mu), {{ja-r|-む}} む (-mu), {{ja-r|-ん}} ん (-n), {{m|ja|目||eye|tr=me}} 目 (me, “eye”), {{m|ja|見る||to see; to look at|tr=miru}} 見る (miru, “to see; to look at”), {{ja-r|-びる||to look like, to seem like, to behave like}} びる (-biru, “to look like, to seem like, to behave like”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|type=yo}} む • (-mu) ^†yodan Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo||4-m|f_adn+=ん|f_adv=-|f_imp=-|f_ter+=ん|hkc=1}} Forms: -mu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], [irrealis, stem], ma [irrealis, stem], - [continuative, stem], [stem, terminative], [stem, terminative], mu [stem, terminative], n [stem, terminative], [attributive, stem], [attributive, stem], mu [attributive, stem], n [attributive, stem], [realis, stem], me [realis, stem], - [imperative, stem]
  1. (Classical Japanese, after mizenkei) used to form the suppositional / volitional / hortative form of verbs, equivalent to modern う (-u > -ō) / よう (-yō); also used as a mild imperative Tags: Classical, Japanese, morpheme Derived forms: (-n), (-u), よう (-yō)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Syllable

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: mu [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 武 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|武}} 武, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 武 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} む • (mu)
  1. The hiragana syllable む (mu). Its equivalent in katakana is ム (mu). It is the thirty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行う段 (ma-gyō u-dan, “row ma, section u”).
    Sense id: en-む-ja-syllable-S3Ak2Hpj Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 32 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 34 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 35 56 Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ゔ"
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          "word": "ぇ"
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        {
          "word": "お"
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        {
          "word": "ぉ"
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          "word": "か"
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        {
          "word": "ゕ"
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          "word": "が"
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          "word": "き"
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        {
          "word": "ぎ"
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        {
          "word": "く"
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        {
          "word": "ぐ"
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        {
          "word": "け"
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        {
          "word": "ゖ"
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        {
          "word": "げ"
        },
        {
          "word": "こ"
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          "word": "𛄲"
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        {
          "word": "ご"
        },
        {
          "word": "さ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ざ"
        },
        {
          "word": "し"
        },
        {
          "word": "じ"
        },
        {
          "word": "す"
        },
        {
          "word": "ず"
        },
        {
          "word": "せ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぜ"
        },
        {
          "word": "そ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "た"
        },
        {
          "word": "だ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ち"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぢ"
        },
        {
          "word": "つ"
        },
        {
          "word": "っ"
        },
        {
          "word": "づ"
        },
        {
          "word": "て"
        },
        {
          "word": "で"
        },
        {
          "word": "と"
        },
        {
          "word": "ど"
        },
        {
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "word": "に"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぬ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "word": "の"
        },
        {
          "word": "は"
        },
        {
          "word": "ば"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ひ"
        },
        {
          "word": "び"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ほ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ま"
        },
        {
          "word": "み"
        },
        {
          "word": "め"
        },
        {
          "word": "も"
        },
        {
          "word": "や"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀆"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゆ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀁"
        },
        {
          "word": "よ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ょ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ら"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "り"
        },
        {
          "word": "る"
        },
        {
          "word": "れ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "わ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゙"
        },
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          "word": "ゐ"
        },
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          "word": "𛅐"
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          "word": "𛄟"
        },
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          "word": "ゑ"
        },
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          "word": "𛅑"
        },
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          "word": "を"
        },
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          "word": "𛅒"
        },
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          "word": "ん"
        },
        {
          "word": "ー"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゞ"
        },
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          "word": "ゟ"
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      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
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              "我",
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              "高",
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              "鳴",
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              "止",
              "や"
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    {
      "word": "あ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぁ"
    },
    {
      "word": "い"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゔ"
    },
    {
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "お"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぉ"
    },
    {
      "word": "か"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゕ"
    },
    {
      "word": "が"
    },
    {
      "word": "き"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "く"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "け"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゖ"
    },
    {
      "word": "げ"
    },
    {
      "word": "こ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄲"
    },
    {
      "word": "ご"
    },
    {
      "word": "さ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ざ"
    },
    {
      "word": "し"
    },
    {
      "word": "じ"
    },
    {
      "word": "す"
    },
    {
      "word": "ず"
    },
    {
      "word": "せ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぜ"
    },
    {
      "word": "そ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "た"
    },
    {
      "word": "だ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ち"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぢ"
    },
    {
      "word": "つ"
    },
    {
      "word": "っ"
    },
    {
      "word": "づ"
    },
    {
      "word": "て"
    },
    {
      "word": "で"
    },
    {
      "word": "と"
    },
    {
      "word": "ど"
    },
    {
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "word": "に"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "word": "の"
    },
    {
      "word": "は"
    },
    {
      "word": "ば"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ひ"
    },
    {
      "word": "び"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぴ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ふ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぶ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "へ"
    },
    {
      "word": "べ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぺ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ほ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ま"
    },
    {
      "word": "み"
    },
    {
      "word": "め"
    },
    {
      "word": "も"
    },
    {
      "word": "や"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀆"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゆ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀁"
    },
    {
      "word": "よ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ょ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ら"
    },
    {
      "word": "゚"
    },
    {
      "word": "り"
    },
    {
      "word": "る"
    },
    {
      "word": "れ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "わ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "゙"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅐"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄟"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゑ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅑"
    },
    {
      "word": "を"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅒"
    },
    {
      "word": "ん"
    },
    {
      "word": "ー"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゟ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The hiragana syllable む (mu). Its equivalent in katakana is ム (mu). It is the thirty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行う段 (ma-gyō u-dan, “row ma, section u”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "む",
          "む#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ム",
          "ム#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "gojūon",
          "gojūon"
        ],
        [
          "行",
          "行#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "段",
          "段#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "む"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "む • (mu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate a mumbling sound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mumbling",
          "mumble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "む"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "む"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "-n",
      "word": "ん"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-u",
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-yō",
      "word": "よう"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ん"
      },
      "expansion": "ん (n)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ん"
      },
      "expansion": "ん (n)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "む"
      },
      "expansion": "む (mu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "无",
        "tr": "mu"
      },
      "expansion": "无 (mu)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-む"
      },
      "expansion": "む (-mu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ん"
      },
      "expansion": "ん (-n)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "目",
        "3": "",
        "4": "eye",
        "tr": "me"
      },
      "expansion": "目 (me, “eye”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "見る",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to see; to look at",
        "tr": "miru"
      },
      "expansion": "見る (miru, “to see; to look at”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-びる",
        "2": "",
        "3": "to look like, to seem like, to behave like"
      },
      "expansion": "びる (-biru, “to look like, to seem like, to behave like”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. First cited in the Kojiki of 712.\nThe pronunciation shifted from /mu/ to just nasal /m/ and then to the generalized nasal /ɴ/ by the mid-Heian period (794–1185), leading some writers to use ん (n) instead to write this suffix. The kana ん (n) itself evolved out of a hentaigana (alternative kana form) for む (mu) based on the cursive for kanji 无 (mu). In Classical Japanese texts, the practice now is to pronounce final む (-mu) as ん (-n) instead.\nAs a separate phonological shift, /mu/ retained the vowel but lost the consonant, becoming a nasalized /ũ/ and then plain /u/. This then often fused with the preceding vowel, ultimately leading to the development of the modern volitional / suppositional /oː/ ending in modern Japanese. See よう for more detail.\nVariously described as suppositional (\"seems like\"), volitional (\"I will\"), or hortative (\"let's). Ultimately, all of these senses arise from an apparent base meaning of \"seem, appear, look like\". May be cognate with 目 (me, “eye”), 見る (miru, “to see; to look at”), びる (-biru, “to look like, to seem like, to behave like”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-mu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ま",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "む",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "む",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix",
        "type": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "む • (-mu) ^†yodan",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "4-m",
        "f_adn+": "ん",
        "f_adv": "-",
        "f_imp": "-",
        "f_ter+": "ん",
        "hkc": "1"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Japanese",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari\n我こそ死なめ。\nWare koso shiname.\nI would rather die myself."
        },
        {
          "english": "You are too noisy. Be quiet",
          "ref": "1021, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji 21",
          "roman": "Nari takashi. Nari yamamu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鳴",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "鳴",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "止",
              "や"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "鳴り高し。鳴り止まむ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form the suppositional / volitional / hortative form of verbs, equivalent to modern う (-u > -ō) / よう (-yō); also used as a mild imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Classical Japanese",
          "Classical Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "suppositional",
          "suppositional#English"
        ],
        [
          "volitional",
          "volitional#English"
        ],
        [
          "hortative",
          "hortative#English"
        ],
        [
          "う",
          "う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "よう",
          "よう#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "imperative",
          "imperative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Japanese, after mizenkei) used to form the suppositional / volitional / hortative form of verbs, equivalent to modern う (-u > -ō) / よう (-yō); also used as a mild imperative"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after mizenkei"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical",
        "Japanese",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Heian period",
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "む"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "六",
    "身"
  ],
  "word": "む"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "矛",
    "務",
    "無",
    "霧",
    "夢",
    "牟",
    "武",
    "墓"
  ],
  "word": "む"
}

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