螇

螇 U+8787, 螇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8787 ← 螆 [U+8786] CJK Unified Ideographs 螈 → [U+8788]

Translingual

Han character

螇 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月女大 (LIBVK), four-corner 5213₅, composition ⿰虫奚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33371
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2879, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8787

Chinese

trad.		螇
simp. #		螇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謑	*qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎	*ɡreː
鞵	*ɡreː
榽	*ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄	*keː
雞	*keː
谿	*kʰeː
嵠	*kʰeː
溪	*kʰeː
磎	*kʰeː
螇	*kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂	*kʰeː
奚	*ɡeː
豯	*ɡeː
徯	*ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊	*ɡeː
騱	*ɡeː
傒	*ɡeː
鼷	*ɡeː
蒵	*ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕	*ɡeː
慀	*ɡeːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai⁴
    • Yale: hàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hej, khej

Rime
Character	螇	螇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	胡雞切	苦奚切
Baxter	hej	khej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦei/	/kʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦei/	/kʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛi/	/kʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛj/	/kʰɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣei/	/kʰei/
Wang Li	/ɣiei/	/kʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiei/	/kʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai4	hai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː/, /*ɡeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螇	螇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13362	13368
Phonetic component	奚	奚
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	谿	奚
Old Chinese	/*kʰeː/	/*ɡeː/

Definitions

螇

1. Only used in 螇螰.

Japanese

Kanji

螇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); げい (gei)