螕

螕 U+8795, 螕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8795 ← 螔 [U+8794] CJK Unified Ideographs 螖 → [U+8796]

Translingual

Han character

螕 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹田心 (LIHWP) or 難中戈竹田 (XLIHW), composition ⿰虫𣬉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33410
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2879, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8795

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bī (bi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bi
    • Wade–Giles: pi¹
    • Yale: bī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pej

Rime
Character	螕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	邊兮切
Baxter	pej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pei/
Pan Wuyun	/pei/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛj/
Li Rong	/pei/
Wang Li	/piei/
Bernard Karlgren	/piei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*piː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螕
Reading #	1/1
No.	495
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	豍
Old Chinese	/*piː/

Definitions

螕

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Japanese

Kanji

螕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へい (hei); ひ (hi); び (bi)
• Kun: だに (dani); おほあり (ohoari)