莫邪

Chinese

	do not; there is none who	daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious
trad. (莫邪)	莫	邪
simp. ^#(莫邪)	莫	邪
alternative forms	莫耶鏌耶／镆耶鏌鎁／镆𲈍鏌邪／镆邪鏌鋣／镆铘莫耶鏌耶／镆耶鏌鎁／镆𲈍鏌邪／镆邪鏌鋣／镆铘鏌釾／镆䥺

Resemblance to Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz (“sword”) has been noted by some.[1]

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莫	邪
Reading #	1/2	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mò	yé
Middle Chinese	‹ mak ›	‹ yæ ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁak/	/*[ɢ](r)A/
English	there is no X such that X	(interrogative particle)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

莫邪

Mo Ye, wife of Gan Jiang (干將／干将 (Gānjiāng)), a female swordsmith who lived during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history.
(historical) Mo Ye, one of a pair of legendary swords made by this swordsmith couple.

莫邪

Language Log – Of precious swords and Old Sinitic reconstructions (part 1, part 2).

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