蚣蝑

Chinese

trad. (蚣蝑)		蚣	蝑
simp. #(蚣蝑)		蚣	蝑

Alternative forms

• 蜙蝑 (sōngxū)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsyu
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: jūng-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshiu
    • Palladius: чжунсюй (čžunsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowng sjo

Rime
Character	蚣	蝑
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職容切	相居切
Baxter	tsyowng	sjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoŋ/	/sɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/siɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/siɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawŋ/	/sɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/siɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/	/sĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/	/si̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kljoŋ  sŋas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚣	蝑
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	4121	11764
Phonetic component	公	疋
Rime group	東	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鍾	蝑
Old Chinese	/*kljoŋ/	/*sŋas/

Noun

蚣蝑

1. Synonym of 螽斯 (zhōngsī, “katydid”)