蝜蝂

Chinese

trad. (蝜蝂)		蝜	蝂
simp. (𮔅蝂)		𮔅	蝂
alternative forms		負版／负版 蝜𧌿／𮔅𧌿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùbǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ baan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùbǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùbǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-pan³
    • Yale: fù-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhbaan
    • Palladius: фубань (fubanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ baan²
    • Yale: fuh báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² paːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuwX paenX

Rime
Character	蝜	蝂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	房久切	布綰切
Baxter	bjuwX	paenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuX/	/pˠanX/
Pan Wuyun	/biuX/	/pᵚanX/
Shao Rongfen	/biəuX/	/pɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwX/	/paɨnX/
Li Rong	/biuX/	/panX/
Wang Li	/bĭəuX/	/panX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯uX/	/panX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu	bǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau6	baan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯʔ  praːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝜	蝂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3560	2958
Phonetic component	負	反
Rime group	之	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	婦	版
Old Chinese	/*bɯʔ/	/*praːnʔ/
Notes	爾雅作負

Noun

蝜蝂

1. (literary) a kind of small insect that can carry heavy objects

   • 蝜蝂者，善負小蟲也。 [MSC, trad.]
     𮔅蝂者，善负小虫也。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 柳宗元 (Liu Zongyuan), 《蝜蝂傳》

     Fùbǎn zhě, shàn fù xiǎo chóng yě. [Pinyin]

     The fuban is a small insect that is good at carrying things on its back.