蛫

Translingual

Han character

蛫 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓一山 (LINMU), four-corner 5711₂, composition ⿰虫危)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33042
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2851, character 3
• Unihan data for U+86EB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鮠	*ŋuːl
峞	*ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ
頠	*ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ
詭	*krolʔ
垝	*krolʔ, *krols
陒	*krolʔ
觤	*krolʔ
恑	*krolʔ
蛫	*krolʔ
祪	*krolʔ
洈	*krolʔ, *ŋrol
姽	*krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ
桅	*krolʔ
佹	*krolʔ
跪	*kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ
危	*ŋrol
峗	*ŋrol
硊	*ŋrolʔ
卼	*kʰruls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³
    • Yale: gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjweX

Rime
Character	蛫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	過委切
Baxter	kjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kjueX/
Wang Li	/kǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛫
Reading #	1/1
No.	12772
Phonetic component	危
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詭
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蛫

1. ^† a kind of crab
2. ^† a strange animal, similar to a tortoise, with a red head and white body