蝹

蝹 U+8779, 蝹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8779 ← 蝸 [U+8778] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝺 → [U+877A]

蝹 U+FAB5, 蝹 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAB5 ← 華 [U+FAB4] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 襁 → [U+FAB6]

蝹 U+2F9BB, 蝹 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9BB ← 蛢 [U+2F9BA] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 蜨 → [U+2F9BC]

Translingual

Han character

蝹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈日月廿 (LIABT) or 中戈田人廿 (LIWOT), four-corner 5611₇, composition ⿰虫昷(G) or ⿰虫𥁕(HTK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33396
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8779

• Unihan data for U+FAB5

• Unihan data for U+2F9BB

Chinese

trad.		蝹
simp. #		蝹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
媼	*quːʔ
蝹	*quːʔ, *qrun, *qun
溫	*quːn
𥁕	*quːn
轀	*quːn
薀	*quːn, *qunʔ, *quns
殟	*quːn, *quːd
豱	*quːn
縕	*quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns
韞	*quːn, *qunʔ
瘟	*quːn
搵	*quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd
氳	*qun
熅	*qun, *quns
馧	*qun, *quːd
蒕	*qun
蘊	*qun, *qunʔ, *quns
褞	*qunʔ
醞	*qunʔ, *quns
慍	*quns
膃	*quːd
榲	*quːd
嗢	*quːd, *qruːd

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yūn (yun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yun
    • Wade–Giles: yün¹
    • Yale: yūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iun
    • Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'win, 'jun

Rime
Character	蝹	蝹
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (45)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於倫切	於云切
Baxter	'win	'jun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuɪn/	/ʔɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚin/	/ʔiun/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuen/	/ʔiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjin/	/ʔun/
Li Rong	/ʔjuĕn/	/ʔiuən/
Wang Li	/ǐĕn/	/ĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/	/ʔi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yūn	yūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan1	wan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːʔ/, /*qrun/, /*qun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝹	蝹	蝹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12968	12979	12985
Phonetic component	昷	昷	昷
Rime group	幽	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	襖	贇	煴
Old Chinese	/*quːʔ/	/*qrun/	/*qun/
Notes		原列眞韻見漢賦	見漢賦

Definitions

蝹

1. to move about like a dragon

Compounds

• 蝹蜦 / 蝹𰲰
• 蝹蝹

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎo (ao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ao³
    • Yale: ǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'awX

Rime
Character	蝹
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏晧切
Baxter	'awX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou2

Definitions

蝹

1. (historical) legendary creature that lives underground and devours human brains

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un
    • Tâi-lô: un
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wn
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴/

Definitions

蝹

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to curl up one's body

References

• “蝹”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.