蜍

蜍 U+870D, 蜍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-870D ← 蜌 [U+870C] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜎 → [U+870E]

Translingual

Han character

蜍 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈人一木 (LIOMD), four-corner 5819₄, composition ⿰虫余)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1085, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33110
• Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 15
• Unihan data for U+870D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
斜	*lja, *laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	*rlaː, *l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	*hljaː, *la
舍	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	*l'aː, *la
涂	*l'aː, *l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	*l'a, *l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	*ɦlja, *la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦlja, *la): semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		蜍
alternative forms		蠩 𮔲 𬹡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chú (chu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴ / ceoi⁴ / cyu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / chî / sû / sîr / sî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): su⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu²
    • Yale: chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwu
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syu⁴ / ceoi⁴ / cyu⁴
    • Yale: syùh / chèuih / chyùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴ / tsoey⁴ / tsy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴ / cêu⁴ / qu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²¹/, /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/, /t͡sʰyː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sù
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su²
    • Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
    • Tâi-lô: tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan): /t͡su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
    • Tâi-lô: tsîr
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /t͡sɨ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Kinmen): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chî
    • Tâi-lô: tsî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cii
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Yilan): /t͡si²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû
    • Tâi-lô: sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîr
    • Tâi-lô: sîr
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî
    • Tâi-lô: sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sii
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³/

Note:

• chû/chîr/chî - vernacular;
• sû/sîr/sî - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: su⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sû
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyo

Rime
Character	蜍
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	署魚切
Baxter	dzyo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ʑiɔ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦlja/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜍
Reading #	1/2
No.	15794
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蜍
Old Chinese	/*ɦlja/

Definitions

蜍

1. only used in 蟾蜍 (chánchú); also used as its short form

Compounds

• 玉蜍
• 玉蟾蜍
• 癩蜍 / 癞蜍
• 蜍兔
• 蜍蟾
• 螿蜍 / 螀蜍
• 蟾蜍 (chánchú)
• 蟾蜍坑
• 蟾蜍宮 / 蟾蜍宫
• 蟾蜍魄
• 魄蜍

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		蜍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yo

Rime
Character	蜍
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Baxter	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜍
Reading #	2/2
No.	15799
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

蜍

1. only used in 蝳蜍 (dúyú)

References

• “蜍”, 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–
• “蜍”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji

蜍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょ (jo)、よ (yo)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)、よ (yo)

Vietnamese

Han character

蜍: Hán Việt readings: thừ
蜍: Nôm readings: thờ, thừ

1. chữ Nôm form of thờ
   1. to worship
   2. (archaic) to serve
   3. used in thẫn thờ (“listless, thoughtful and sad; dazed; overwhelmed”)
   4. used in thờ ơ (“indifferent; apathetic; lukewarm; cold”)

Compounds

• 矧蜍 (thẫn thờ)
• 蜍唹 (thờ ơ)
• 蜍扵 (thờ ơ)