螋

螋 U+878B, 螋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-878B ← 螊 [U+878A] CJK Unified Ideographs 螌 → [U+878C]

Translingual

Han character

螋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹難水 (LIHXE), composition ⿰虫叟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33381
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 19
• Unihan data for U+878B

Chinese

trad.		螋
simp. #		螋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (叟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	*suːw, *sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	*sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏	*slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	*suːʔ, *sru
醙	*suʔ, *sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	*sru, *sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	*sru, *sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōu (sou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so͘ / so

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sou
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
    • Tâi-lô: so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³/

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• Middle Chinese: srju

Rime
Character	螋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	山芻切
Baxter	srju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃio/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆/
Li Rong	/ʃio/
Wang Li	/ʃĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sru/, /*sro/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螋	螋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12086	12091
Phonetic component	叟	叟
Rime group	幽	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	𢯱	毹
Old Chinese	/*sru/	/*sro/

Definitions

螋

1. Used in 蠼螋 (qúsōu) and 蠷螋 (qúsōu).

Japanese

Kanji

螋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蠼螋(はさみむし) (hasamimushi, “earwig; maritime earwig”)

Vietnamese

Han character

螋: Hán Nôm readings: sưu

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