蚴

Translingual

Han character

蚴 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女戈尸 (LIVIS), four-corner 5412₇, composition ⿰虫幼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32923
• Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2846, character 12
• Unihan data for U+86B4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黝	*qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑	*qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢	*qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	*qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	*qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiwX

Rime
Character	蚴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於糾切
Baxter	'jiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔieuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiwX/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕuX/
Wang Li	/iəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚴
Reading #	1/1
No.	15643
Phonetic component	幼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	黝
Old Chinese	/*qrɯwʔ/
Notes	見九章

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蚴

1. tapeworm

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Japanese

Kanji

蚴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū), ゆ (yu)

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Korean

Hanja

蚴 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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