蛆

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

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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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹ / ceoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhir / chhu / chhi

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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: zeoi¹ / ceoi¹
    • Yale: jēui / chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹ / tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹ / cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhir
    • Tâi-lô: tshir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu
    • Tâi-lô: tshu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhw
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
    • Tâi-lô: tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjo, tsjo

Rime
Character	蛆	蛆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七余切	子魚切
Baxter	tshjo	tsjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨʌ/	/t͡sɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɔ/	/t͡siɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɔ/	/t͡siɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨə̆/	/t͡sɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɔ/	/t͡siɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭo/	/t͡sĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wo/	/t͡si̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi1	zeoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsa/, /*sʰa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛆	蛆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10414	10420
Phonetic component	且	且
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	且	疽
Old Chinese	/*ʔsa/	/*sʰa/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蛆

1. maggot

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–

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Japanese

Kanji

蛆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: そ (so)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: うじ (uji, 蛆)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛆
うじ Hyōgaiji
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.)

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Korean

Hanja

蛆 • (jeo) (hangeul 저)

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