蜟

蜟 U+871F, 蜟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-871F ← 蜞 [U+871E] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜠 → [U+8720]

Translingual

Han character

蜟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜戈月 (LIYIB), composition ⿰虫育)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1086, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33147
• Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2865, character 14
• Unihan data for U+871F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
育	*luɡ
毓	*luɡ
棛	*luɡ
錥	*luɡ
焴	*luɡ
淯	*luɡ
蜟	*luɡ
堉	*luɡ
逳	*luɡ
蘛	*luɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *luɡ) : semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 育 (OC *luɡ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yuwk

Rime
Character	蜟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余六切
Baxter	yuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwk̚/
Li Rong	/iuk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*luɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜟
Reading #	1/1
No.	15990
Phonetic component	育
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	育
Old Chinese	/*luɡ/
Notes	論衡育異文

Definitions

蜟

1. Only used in 蝮蜟.

Japanese

Kanji

蜟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): いく (iku)