虼

虼 U+867C, 虼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-867C ← 虻 [U+867B] CJK Unified Ideographs 虽 → [U+867D]

Translingual

Han character

虼 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人弓 (LION), four-corner 5811₇, composition ⿰虫乞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1077, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32840
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2835, character 6
• Unihan data for U+867C

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		虼

From a syllable with entering tone (Iwata (2009: 132)).

Sagart (1999:99) argues this originates from Old Chinese *k-.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gè (ge⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ge²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): giet⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): geh⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): gě

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gè
    • Wade–Giles: ko⁴
    • Yale: gè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geh
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ge²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ge
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹
    • Yale: gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: giet⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛt̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: geh⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kəʔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke²¹/

Definitions

虼

1. Used in 虼蚤 (gèzao, “flea”).
2. Used in 虼螂 (gèláng, “dung beetle”).
3. Used in 虼蚪.

Compounds

• 虼子
• 虼蚪
• 虼蚤 (gèzao)
• 虼蚪兒／虼蚪儿
• 虼螂 (gèláng)
• 虼螂皮

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		虼
alternative forms		家 加 Min Nan 絕／绝 Min Nan 咬 Eastern Min

Might have derived from 狗 (gǒu) (Iwata (2009: 132)). See 狗蚤.

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): gâ / gáh
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ka / kǎ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ga¹

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gâ / gáh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑ²⁴²/, /kɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
    • Tâi-lô: ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǎ
    • Tâi-lô: kǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka²²/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ka³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ka
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³/

Noun

虼

1. (Coastal Min) Used in 虼蚻 (“cockroach”).
2. (Coastal Min) Used in 虼蚤 (“flea”).

Compounds

• (Coastal Min) 虼蚤
• (Coastal Min) 虼蚻