蛔

See also: 蜖

蛔 U+86D4, 蛔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86D4 ← 蛓 [U+86D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛕 → [U+86D5]

Translingual

Han character

蛔 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈田口 (LIWR), four-corner 5610₀, composition ⿰虫回)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32990
• Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2849, character 7
• Unihan data for U+86D4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛔
alternative forms		蚘 蛕 痐 蜖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
回	*ɡuːl
徊	*ɡuːl
茴	*ɡuːl
洄	*ɡuːl
迴	*ɡuːl, *ɡuːls
佪	*ɡuːl
蛔	*ɡuːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huí (hui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéi
    • Wade–Giles: hui²
    • Yale: hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wui⁴
    • Yale: wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe
    • Tâi-lô: huê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoee
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛔
Reading #	1/1
No.	5449
Phonetic component	回
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	回
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/
Notes	同蚘、說文有聲

Definitions

蛔

1. Used in 蛔蟲／蛔虫 (huíchóng).
2. tapeworm
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, derogatory) Muslim

Compounds

• 蛔蟲 / 蛔虫 (huíchóng)
• 蛔蟲病 / 蛔虫病 (huíchóngbìng)
• 馬蛔蟲 / 马蛔虫
• 驅蛔靈 / 驱蛔灵

Japanese

Kanji

蛔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. intestinal worms

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: はらのむし (haranomushi, 蛔)、かいちゅう (kaichū)

Korean

Hanja

蛔 (eum 회 (hoe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛔: Hán Nôm readings: hồi

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