螵

螵 U+87B5, 螵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B5 ← 螴 [U+87B4] CJK Unified Ideographs 螶 → [U+87B6]

Translingual

Han character

螵 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一田火 (LIMWF), four-corner 5119₁, composition ⿰虫票)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33505
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2884, character 7
• Unihan data for U+87B5

Chinese

trad.		螵
simp. #		螵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāo (piao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piao
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹
    • Yale: pyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piau
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu¹
    • Yale: pīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjiew, bjiew

Rime
Character	螵	螵
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	撫招切	符霄切
Baxter	phjiew	bjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇu/	/biᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛu/	/biɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæu/	/bjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiaw/	/biaw/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛu/	/biɛu/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛu/	/bĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/bʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piāo	piáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu1	piu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰew/, /*bew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螵	螵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9754	9782
Phonetic component	票	票
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	爂	瓢
Old Chinese	/*pʰew/	/*bew/

Definitions

螵

1. Only used in 螵蛸 (piāoxiāo).

Japanese

Kanji

螵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mantis egg case

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}

Compounds

• 螵蛸 (ōji-ga-fuguri, hyōshō, “mantis egg case”)

Usage notes

Mostly unused in Japanese.