蛆

蛆 U+86C6, 蛆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C6 ← 蛅 [U+86C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛇 → [U+86C7]

Translingual

Han character

蛆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月一 (LIBM), four-corner 5711₀, composition ⿰虫且)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32963
• Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 16
• Unihan data for U+86C6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsa, *sʰa): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cy¹ / cu¹ / ci¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhu / chhir / chhi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce¹ / zu¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹
    • Yale: chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cy¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cy¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵³³/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ci¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu
    • Tâi-lô: tshu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhw
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhir
    • Tâi-lô: tshir
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰɨ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰɯ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
    • Tâi-lô: tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ce¹ / zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ / tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ³³/, /t͡su³³/

Note:

• ce1 - vernacular;
• zu1 - literary.

• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: cu¹
  • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chi
    • MiniDict: chi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjo

Rime
Character	蛆
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七余切
Baxter	tshjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛆
Reading #	2/2
No.	10420
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	疽
Old Chinese	/*sʰa/

Definitions

蛆

1. maggot
2. (figurative, derogatory) despicable person
3. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva
4. (Taiwan, neologism, slang, derogatory) supporters of Kuomintang (KMT)

   Synonyms: 蛆蛆, 藍蛆 / 蓝蛆

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孑孓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟頭蟲兒
	Taiwan	孑孓
	Langfang	跟頭蟲兒
	Harbin	跟頭蟲兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	跟頭蟲兒
	Cangzhou	跟頭蟲
	Baoding	跟頭蟲兒
	Shijiazhuang	跟頭蟲
	Jinan	跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打老鬼, 孑孓
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓
	Daming	跟頭蟲兒
	Wanrong	顛倒子, 水擔圪斗
	Xuzhou	孑孓, 跟頭蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	跟頭蟲
	Ürümqi	跟頭蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子
	Wuhan	跟頭蟲
	Guiyang	跟斗蟲
	Guilin	孑孓
	Liuzhou	跟斗蟲
	Nanning (Wuming)	沙蟲, 孑孓
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蠓蟲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲
	Hong Kong	孑孓, 沙蟲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	逕蟲
	Nanning	沙蟲
	Nanning (Tanka)	沙蟲
	Wuzhou	沙蟲
	Yulin	曲曲蛆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	沙蟲
Gan	Pingxiang	沙蟲
Hakka	Meixian	屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	沙蟲
	Yudu	沙蟲子
Huizhou	Jixi	打滾蟲
	Fuliang	水蛆
Jin	Taiyuan	道跌子
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	道跌子
	Pingyao	卜來來
	Xinzhou	吊孑子
	Zhangjiakou	耍錢棍兒
	Handan	跟頭蟲子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	變魚蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把啷鼓墜
Southern Min	Xiamen	車蛆, 蛆
	Quanzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Jinjiang	車蛆
	Zhangzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Tainan	水蛆
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	末仔
	Shantou	蛆
	Jieyang	蛆, 大頭蛆
	Leizhou	蛆蟲
	Haikou	雨蟲
Puxian Min	Putian	蛆, 蛆蟲
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蛆
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蛆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蛆蟲
	Xianyou	蛆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蛆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蛆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蠓蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	沙蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	沙蟲
Wu	Shanghai	打拳蛆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	孓襻蟲
	Suzhou	打拳蟲
	Danyang	水孑孓, 彎蟲
	Hangzhou	倒督蟲兒
	Ningbo	棲蟲
	Wenzhou	蛆蟲
	Jinhua	骨骨蟲, 各各蟲
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	糞缸蟲
Xiang	Changsha	沙蟲子
	Loudi	紅紗蟲

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “KMT supporters”): 吱 (zhī, “DPP supporters”)

Compounds

• 嚼蛆 (jiáoqū)
• 如蛆附骨
• 攪肚蛆腸 / 搅肚蛆肠
• 攪蛆扒 / 搅蛆扒
• 海蛆
• 玉蛆
• 白嚼蛆
• 船蛆
• 蛆蟲 / 蛆虫 (qūchóng)
• 螇蛆
• 蠅蛆病 / 蝇蛆病 (yíngqūbìng)
• 蠶蛆蠅 / 蚕蛆蝇

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹
    • Yale: jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjo

Rime
Character	蛆
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子魚切
Baxter	tsjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡siɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛆
Reading #	1/2
No.	10414
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	且
Old Chinese	/*ʔsa/

Definitions

蛆

1. only used in 蝍蛆 (jíjū)

Compounds

• 蝍蛆
• 蝍蛆鉗帶 / 蝍蛆钳带

References

• “蛆”, 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–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “蛆（生～）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 139.

Japanese

Kanji

蛆

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: そ (so)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kun: うじ (uji, 蛆)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛆
うじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛆 – see the following entry.

【うじウジ】 [noun] (less common) larva, maggot Alternative spelling 蜡

(This term, 蛆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲蛆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

蛆 (eum 저 (jeo))

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Vietnamese

Nom glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, tò): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + abbreviated phonetic 徂 (tồ).

See also 𱿭 (𱿭), an alternative form that uses the unabbreviated phonetic component.

Han character

蛆: Hán Việt readings: thư
蛆: Nôm readings: tò

1. chữ Nôm form of tò (“used in tò vò (“wasp”)”)