蚯

Translingual

Han character

蚯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一 (LIOM), four-corner 5211₁, composition ⿰虫丘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32916
• Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 12
• Unihan data for U+86AF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
丘	*kʰʷɯ
邱	*kʰʷɯ
蚯	*kʰʷɯ
丠	*kʰʷɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiū (qiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
    • Yale: chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiu
    • Tâi-lô: khiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khjuw

Rime
Character	蚯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去鳩切
Baxter	khjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuw/
Li Rong	/kʰiu/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蚯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiū
Middle Chinese	‹ khjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷʰə/
English	蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm
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	蚯
Reading #	1/1
No.	10525
Phonetic component	丘
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丘
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷɯ/
Notes	見禮記

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蚯

1. Only used in 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn).

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Japanese

Kanji

蚯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. earthworm

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)

Compounds

• 蚯蚓(みみず) (mimizu), 蚯蚓(きゅういん) (kyūin)

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Korean

Hanja

蚯 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

1. (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm

Synonyms

• 蚯 (구, gu)
• 蚓 (인, in)
• 蚯蚓 (구인, guin)

• 地龍 (지룡, jiryong)
• 地龍子 (지룡자, jiryongja)

Compounds

• 蚯蚓 (구인, guin) earthworm