蜺

See also: 霓

蜺 U+873A, 蜺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-873A ← 蜹 [U+8739] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜻 → [U+873B]

Translingual

Han character

蜺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹難山 (LIHXU), four-corner 5711₇, composition ⿰虫兒)

1. cicada
2. reflection of rainbow

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33202
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 5
• Unihan data for U+873A

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜺 – see 霓 (“secondary rainbow”). (This character is a variant form of 霓).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		蜺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngej, nget

Rime
Character	蜺	蜺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	五稽切	五結切
Baxter	ngej	nget
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/	/ŋet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/	/ŋet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/	/ŋɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/	/ŋɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ŋei/	/ŋet̚/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/	/ŋiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/	/ŋiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4	jit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜺	蜺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2737	2760
Phonetic component	兒	兒
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪	齧
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

蜺

1. Meimuna opalifera

Japanese

Kanji

蜺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. reflection of rainbow

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: げい (gei)
• Kun: つくつくぼうし (tsukutsukubōshi)

Compounds

• 虹蜺(こうげい) (kōgei): rainbow

Korean

Hanja

蜺 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

1. cicada
2. secondary rainbow