螅

螅 U+8785, 螅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8785 ← 螄 [U+8784] CJK Unified Ideographs 螆 → [U+8786]

Translingual

Han character

螅 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹山心 (LIHUP), four-corner 5613₀, composition ⿰虫息)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33367
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2879, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8785

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

螅

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Compounds

• 水螅 (shuǐxī)

 

Japanese

Kanji

螅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi); しつ (shitsu)