蛑

蛑 U+86D1, 蛑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86D1 ← 蛐 [U+86D0] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛒 → [U+86D2]

Translingual

Han character

蛑 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈竹手 (LIIHQ), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫牟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32986
• Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 13
• Unihan data for U+86D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛑
alternative forms		䗋 𧋟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
牟	*mu
眸	*mu
侔	*mu
蛑	*mu
麰	*mu
劺	*mu
恈	*mu
鴾	*mu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móu, máo (mou², mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ, ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²
    • Yale: móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
    • Palladius: моу (mou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mau⁴
    • Yale: màuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuw

Rime
Character	蛑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	莫浮切
Baxter	mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/miu/
Shao Rongfen	/miəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muw/
Li Rong	/miu/
Wang Li	/mĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛑
Reading #	1/1
No.	9270
Phonetic component	牟
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	謀
Old Chinese	/*mu/
Notes	又說文作蟊古文

Definitions

蛑

1. Alternative form of 蟊 (“insect that eats roots of seedlings”)
2. Clipping of 蝤蛑 (“swimming crab”).

Compounds

• 蛑賊／蛑贼
• 蝤蛑
• 鰍蛑／鳅蛑

 

Japanese

Kanji

蛑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō); む (mu); もう (mō)