蝑

Translingual

Han character

蝑 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓人月 (LINOB), four-corner 5712₂, composition ⿰虫胥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33258
• Dae Jaweon: not present, would follow page 0, character 55
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2874, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8751

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Chinese

trad.		蝑
simp. #		蝑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
疋	*ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ
蝑	*sŋas, *sŋa
壻	*sŋeːs
婿	*sŋeːs
胥	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
稰	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
楈	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
諝	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
湑	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
揟	*sŋa
醑	*sŋaʔ
糈	*sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ
楚	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras
礎	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
憷	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
齼	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
濋	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
儊	*sŋ̊ʰras
綀	*sŋra
疎	*sŋra
疏	*sŋra, *sŋras
蔬	*sŋra
梳	*sŋra

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì, lóng, xū (li⁴, long², xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ, ㄌㄨㄥˊ, ㄒㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjo, sjaeH

Rime
Character	蝑	蝑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	相居切	司夜切
Baxter	sjo	sjaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨʌ/	/siaH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɔ/	/siaH/
Shao Rongfen	/siɔ/	/siaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨə̆/	/siaH/
Li Rong	/siɔ/	/siaH/
Wang Li	/sĭo/	/sĭaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯wo/	/si̯aH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	xiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1	se3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋas/, /*sŋa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝑	蝑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11764	11772
Phonetic component	疋	疋
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蝑	胥
Old Chinese	/*sŋas/	/*sŋa/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蝑

1. Only used in 蚣蝑 (zhōngxū).