虺

See also: 蝰

Translingual

Han character

虺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一山中一戈 (MULMI), four-corner 1521₃, composition ⿺兀虫)

Derived characters

• 𣸀, 𩄁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2834, character 15
• Unihan data for U+867A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		虺
alternative forms		虫 ancient

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
虺	*hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ
豗	*hŋuːl
鼿	*hŋuːl, *ŋuːd
虫	*hŋlulʔ
髡	*ŋ̊ʰuːn
軏	*ŋod, *ŋuːd
扤	*ŋod, *ŋuːd
兀	*ŋuːd
杌	*ŋuːd
屼	*ŋuːd
矹	*ŋluːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ) : phonetic 兀 (OC *ŋuːd) + semantic 虫.

Etymology

“venomous snake”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl (“snake”). Cognate with Tibetan སྦྲུལ (sbrul), Japhug qapri, Chepang रु (ru), Burmese မြွေ (mrwe), S'gaw Karen ဂုၢ် (ghu̱).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐ (hui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): húi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui³
    • Yale: hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai²
    • Yale: wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
    • Tâi-lô: huí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: xjw+jX

Rime
Character	虺
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許偉切
Baxter	xjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hujX/
Li Rong	/xiuəiX/
Wang Li	/xĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r̥]u[j]ʔ/, /*r̥u[j]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋlulʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	虺	虺
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǐ	huǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨjX ›	‹ xjwɨjX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r̥]u[j]ʔ/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)	/*r̥u[j]ʔ/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)
English	snake-brood	sound of thunder
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虺
Reading #	3/3
No.	13193
Phonetic component	兀
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	虺
Old Chinese	/*hŋlulʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 虺

1. (mythological) venomous snake

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huei
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹
    • Yale: hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fui¹
    • Yale: fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe
    • Tâi-lô: hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xweaj, xwoj

Rime
Character	虺	虺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	呼懷切	呼恢切
Baxter	xweaj	xwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuɛi/	/huʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæi/	/huoi/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɐi/	/xuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəɨj/	/hwəj/
Li Rong	/xuɛi/	/xuᴀi/
Wang Li	/xwɐi/	/xuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwăi/	/xuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāi	huī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai1	fui1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r̥]ˤu[j]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋuːl/, /*hŋruːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	虺
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huī
Middle Chinese	‹ xwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[r̥]ˁu[j]/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)
English	exhausted, weary
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虺	虺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	13189	13192
Phonetic component	兀	兀
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	灰	虺
Old Chinese	/*hŋuːl/	/*hŋruːl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 虺

1. Only used in 虺隤／虺𬯎 (“sick; ambitionless”).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04215
• “虺”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

虺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. large poisonous snake

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kun: まむし (mamushi, 虺)

Alternative forms

• (ancient form) 虫

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Korean

Hanja

虺 • (hwe) (hangeul 훼, revised hwe, McCune–Reischauer hwe, Yale hwey)

1. viper
2. big snake

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 虺 (huỷ)

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