蝍蛆

Chinese

		a centipede	maggot
simp. and trad. (蝍蛆)		蝍	蛆
alternative forms		蝍且

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíjū, jiéjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄩ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ zeoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjyu
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chü¹
    • Yale: jí-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijiu
    • Palladius: цзицзюй (cziczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjyu
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-chü¹
    • Yale: jyé-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejiu
    • Palladius: цзецзюй (czeczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ zeoi¹
    • Yale: jīk jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tset|tsik tsjo

Rime
Character	蝍	蝍	蛆
Reading #	2/3	3/3	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	職 (134)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	III
Fanqie	子結切	子力切	子魚切
Baxter	tset	tsik	tsjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡set̚/	/t͡sɨk̚/	/t͡sɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡set̚/	/t͡sɨk̚/	/t͡siɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛt̚/	/t͡siek̚/	/t͡siɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛt̚/	/t͡sik̚/	/t͡sɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡set̚/	/t͡siək̚/	/t͡siɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡siet̚/	/t͡sĭək̚/	/t͡sĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡siet̚/	/t͡si̯ək̚/	/t͡si̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	ji	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zit3	zik1	zeoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsiːɡ|ʔsɯɡ  ʔsa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝍	蝍	蛆
Reading #	1/3	3/3	1/2
No.	5714	5728	10414
Phonetic component	即	即	且
Rime group	質	職	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	節	即	且
Old Chinese	/*ʔsiːɡ/	/*ʔsɯɡ/	/*ʔsa/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蝍蛆

1. (literary) Alternative name for 蜈蚣 (wúgōng, “centipede”).
2. (literary) Alternative name for 蟋蟀 (xīshuài, “cricket”).

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝍	蛆
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

Jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

蝍蛆(むかで) or 蝍蛆(ムカデ) • (mukade) 

1. Alternative spelling of 百足