螐

Translingual

Han character

螐 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹口火 (LIHRF), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫烏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33389
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2880, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8790

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		螐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烏	*qaː
嗚	*qaː
鰞	*qaː
歍	*qaː
鎢	*qaː
瑦	*qaː, *qaːʔ
鄔	*qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
螐	*qaː
隖	*qaːʔ
塢	*qaːʔ, *qaːs
溩	*qaːʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'u

Rime
Character	螐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	哀都切
Baxter	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/u/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螐
Reading #	1/1
No.	13084
Phonetic component	烏
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	烏
Old Chinese	/*qaː/
Notes	爾雅作烏

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

螐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): お (o); う (u)