螫

Translingual

Han character

螫 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI), four-corner 4813₆, composition ⿱赦虫)

1. poison
2. sting
3. poisonous insect

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33491
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2882, character 15
• Unihan data for U+87AB

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Chinese

trad.		螫
simp. #		螫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
浾	*sqraː
嚇	*qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
赦	*hljaɡs
郝	*qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
赫	*qʰraːɡ
爀	*qʰraːɡ
赤	*kʰljaɡ
烾	*kʰljaɡ
螫	*qʰjaːɡ
赥	*qʰleːɡ
捇	*qʰʷreːɡ
焃	*qʰʷreːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ / cik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹ / cik¹
    • Yale: sīk / chīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ / tsik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ / qig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syek

Rime
Character	螫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	施隻切
Baxter	syek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥]Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰjaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	螫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ syek ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥]Ak/
English	sting (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螫
Reading #	1/1
No.	1481
Phonetic component	赤
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	釋
Old Chinese	/*qʰjaːɡ/

Definitions

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References

• “螫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

螫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せき (seki), かく (kaku)
• Kun: さす (sasu)