蜱

蜱 U+8731, 蜱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8731 ← 蜰 [U+8730] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜲 → [U+8732]

Translingual

Han character

蜱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹田十 (LIHWJ), four-corner 5614₀, composition ⿰虫卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33182
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8731

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	*breː, *breː
郫	*breː, *bre, *be
蠯	*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈	*breːʔ, *breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	*peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍	*pʰeː, *pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	*pʰeːs, *pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑	*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥	*beː, *peʔ
髀	*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	*pe, *pʰiɡ
裨	*pe, *be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	*peʔ, *beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	*be, *mbew
焷	*be
螷	*be, *breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	*beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼	*biɡ, *peːɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
    • Tâi-lô: pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi
    • MiniDict: bi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjie

Rime
Character	蜱
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符支切
Baxter	bjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆/
Li Rong	/bie/
Wang Li	/bǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*be/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜱
Reading #	1/2
No.	390
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陴
Old Chinese	/*be/

Definitions

蜱

1. tick (the parasitic arachnid)

Synonyms

• 壁蝨／壁虱 (bìshī)
• 蝨子／虱子 (shīzi)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miáo (miao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
    • Wade–Giles: miao²
    • Yale: myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
    • Palladius: мяо (mjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjiew

Rime
Character	蜱
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彌遙切
Baxter	mjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw/
Li Rong	/miɛu/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mbew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜱
Reading #	2/2
No.	397
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蜱
Old Chinese	/*mbew/

Definitions

蜱

1. ^‡ Name of a kind of insect.

Compounds

• 蜱蛸 (piāoxiāo)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蜱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mite
2. tick

Kanji in this term
蜱
だに Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Readings

• Go-on: び (bi); びょう (byō)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi); ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: だに (dani, 蜱)

Noun

蜱(だに) or 蜱(ダニ) • (dani) 

1. Rare spelling of 壁蝨 (“mite; tick”).