某

某 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿一木 (TMD), four-corner 4490₄, composition ⿱甘木)

• 𠋦, 㖼, 媒, 楳, 湈, 煤, 腜, 𦨂, 𱼵, 𦳑, 䗋, 謀(谋), 𪉴

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 519, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14618
• Dae Jaweon: page 906, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1177, character 4
• Unihan data for U+67D0

Historical forms of the character 某
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 木 (“tree”) + 甘 (“sweet”); original form of 梅 (OC *mɯː). Similar to 果 and 栗. Similar but unrelated to 柑.

Possibly Austroasiatic; compare Mon မူ (“what; anything”) (Schuessler, 2007).

某

1. unspecified or not explicitly named (amount, person, or thing); some; a certain; so-and-so

   某年某月某日  ―  mǒu nián mǒu yuè mǒu rì  ―  on day x, month y of year z

2. (humble, by itself) I

   • 孔明曰：「將軍既要為先鋒，須得一人同去。」言未盡，一人應曰：「某雖不才，願助老將軍先引一軍前去破敵。」孔明視之，乃鄧芝也。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     孔明曰：「将军既要为先锋，须得一人同去。」言未尽，一人应曰：「某虽不才，愿助老将军先引一军前去破敌。」孔明视之，乃邓芝也。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Kǒngmíng yuē: “Jiāngjūn jì yào wèi xiānfēng, xū dé yīrén tóngqù.” Yán wèi jìn, yīrén yìng yuē: “Mǒu suī bùcái, yuàn zhù lǎo jiāngjūn xiānyǐn yījūn qiánqù pòdí.” Kǒngmíng shì zhī, nǎi Dèng Zhī yě. [Pinyin]

     Kongming said: "General (Zhao Yun), as ye want to act as vanguard, ye must have someone to go besides you." Before he finished talking, someone responded: "Talentless as I am, still I'm willing to help the elderly general lead an army forwards to smash the enemies." Kongming saw that it was Deng Zhi.

3. Used in place of a person's given name, for anonymity purposes.

   張某／张某  ―  Zhāng mǒu  ―  a person with the surname of Zhang

4. Used in place of someone else's given name, to show dissatisfaction.

   • 夫為弟子後生，其師，必修其言，法其行，力不足、知弗及而後已。今孔某之行如此，儒士則可以疑矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫为弟子后生，其师，必修其言，法其行，力不足、知弗及而后已。今孔某之行如此，儒士则可以疑矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version

     Fū wéi dìzǐ hòushēng, qí shī, bì xiū qí yán, fǎ qí xíng, lì bùzú, zhì fú jí ér hòu yǐ. Jīn Kǒng mǒu zhī xíng rúcǐ, rúshì zé kěyǐ yí yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Of course the disciples and pupils, following a teacher, will advocate his doctrines and imitate his conduct. Only, they are not as powerful and not as clever. Now, since such was the conduct of Kong Such-and-Such (Confucius), the Ruist (Confucian) scholars are naturally to be objects of suspicion.

5. Used in place of one's own given name, to refer to oneself with an intensified emotion.

 

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• bó͘ (Southern Min)

Tu (2018) suggests it is from 姥 (MC muX), which was ultimately derived from 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”). The usage of 姥 (“old woman”) to refer to "wife" parallels that of 翁 (“old man”) to refer to "husband" in Min Nan.

Cognate with Teochew 𡚸 (bhou2), Eastern Min 𡚸 (muō).

某

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) wife

• “某”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “某”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 58.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. a certain person; a certain object

From Middle Chinese 某 (MC muwX); compare Mandarin 某 (mǒu):

• Go-on: む (mu)、め (me)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 梅 (MC mwoj); compare Mandarin 梅 (méi):

• Go-on: まい (mai)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: それがし (soregashi, 某)、なにがし (nanigashi, 某)

From Middle Chinese 某 (MC muwX).

某(ぼう) • (bō-) 

1. certain (denoting that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent)

   某(ぼう)大学(だいがく)

   bō-daigaku

   a certain university

某(ぼう) • (bō) 

1. (literary) a certain person or thing; a so-and-so

   Synonym: なにがし (nanigashi)

某(ぼう) • (bō) 

1. (obsolete) I; me

某(それがし) • (soregashi) 

1. (obsolete) someone; somebody; a certain person
2. (obsolete, used by samurai) I; me
   • 1632, Diego Collado, Niffon no Cotõbani Yô Confesion, page 4:

     R. Sorẽgaxĩga cotòxi Deus no vòn jifino vie iòri Chriſtian ni nàri maràxitẽ gozàru iùie, ni, mãda confeſion vo mõsaĩdẽ gozàru.
     R. Ego ex Dei miſericordia hoc anno Chriſtianus factus, nunquam confeſſionem Sacramentalem feci: vnde hæc, quam modo incipio, erit prima.
     (Having become Christian out of the mercy of God this year, I have never made sacramental confession; whence, as I am just beginning, it will be the first.)

     R. Sorẽgaxĩga cotòxi Deus no vòn jifino vie iòri Chriſtian ni nàri maràxitẽ gozàru iùie, ni, mãda confeſion vo mõsaĩdẽ gozàru.
     R. Ego ex Dei miſericordia hoc anno Chriſtianus factus, nunquam confeſſionem Sacramentalem feci: vnde hæc, quam modo incipio, erit prima.
     (Having become Christian out of the mercy of God this year, I have never made sacramental confession; whence, as I am just beginning, it will be the first.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

某 (eumhun 아무 모 (amu mo))

1. hanja form^? of 모 (“certain thing or person”)

某 (eumhun 매화나무 매 (maehwanamu mae))

1. hanja form^? of 매 (“Prunus mume tree”)

某: Hán Việt readings: mỗ^[1][2][3]
某: Nôm readings: mỗ^[1][2], mới^[1][3], mấy^[1][3], mõ^[1], mọ^[1], mỏ^[1], mổ^[1], múa^[1], mỏi^[1], màu^[1], mó^[2], mồi^[3], với^[3]

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