蛘

Translingual

Han character

蛘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿手 (LITQ), four-corner 5815₁, composition ⿰虫羊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32996
• Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 2
• Unihan data for U+86D8

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
样	*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯	*zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔	*ljaŋ
庠	*ljaŋ
祥	*ljaŋ
痒	*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜	*klaŋ
羌	*kʰlaŋ
蜣	*kʰlaŋ
猐	*kʰlaŋ
唴	*kʰlaŋs
羊	*laŋ
徉	*laŋ
烊	*laŋ
蛘	*laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻	*laŋ, *laŋs
鴹	*laŋ
恙	*laŋs
羕	*laŋs
樣	*laŋs
漾	*laŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laŋ, *laŋʔ) : phonetic 虫 (OC *hŋlulʔ, “insect”) + semantic 羊.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		蛘
alternative forms		䖹 蝆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángr
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangl
    • Palladius: янр (janr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yang

Rime
Character	蛘
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與章切
Baxter	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛘
Reading #	1/2
No.	14540
Phonetic component	羊
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陽
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/
Notes	爾雅從羋

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蛘

1. rice weevil

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛘 – see 癢 (“itchy; ticklish; itching to do something”). (This character is a variant form of 癢).