蝴

See also: 胡

Translingual

Han character

蝴 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十口月 (LIJRB), four-corner 5712₀, composition ⿰虫胡)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1091, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33328
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2868, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8774

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Chinese

trad.		蝴
simp. #		蝴
alternative forms		胡 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú, hù (hu², hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ, ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘ / hô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
      
  • (vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴
    • Yale: hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu⁴
    • Yale: wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘ / hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ôo / hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oo, hoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³/, /hɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³/, /hɔ²³/

Note:

• ô͘ - vernacular;
• hô͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hu⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hu

Rime
Character	蝴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸吳切
Baxter	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝴
Reading #	1/1
No.	4254
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胡
Old Chinese	/*ɡaː/
Notes	胡後起分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蝴

1. Only used in 蝴蝶 (húdié, “butterfly”).

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian ((deprecated template usage) 《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation hù.

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Japanese

Kanji

蝴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)

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Korean

Hanja

蝴 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蝴 (hồ, hà)

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