蜲

Translingual

Han character

蜲 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹木女 (LIHDV), four-corner 5214₄, composition ⿰虫委)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33186
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8732

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Chinese

trad.		蜲
simp. #		蜲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
矮	*qraːlʔ
躷	*qraːlʔ
捼	*noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭	*qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹	*qoːl
踒	*qoːl
餧	*nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉	*nols, *qrolʔ
痿	*njol, *qrol
萎	*qrol, *qrols
逶	*qrol
覣	*qrol
蜲	*qrol, *qrolʔ
委	*qrol, *qrolʔ
緌	*njul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi, xí (wei³, xi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ, ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ / wai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai¹ / wai²
    • Yale: wāi / wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ / wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ / wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwe, 'jweX

Rime
Character	蜲	蜲
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於爲切	於詭切
Baxter	'jwe	'jweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/	/ʔˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/	/ʔʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/	/ʔiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/	/ʔjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/	/ʔjueX/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/	/ǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/	/ʔwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1	wai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrol/, /*qrolʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜲	蜲
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12899	12905
Phonetic component	委	委
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	逶	委
Old Chinese	/*qrol/	/*qrolʔ/
Notes	見宋玉賦	爾雅作委

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

蜲

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)
• Kun: うねる (uneru)