蟉

蟉 U+87C9, 蟉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87C9 ← 蟈 [U+87C8] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟊 → [U+87CA]

Translingual

Han character

蟉 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸一竹 (LISMH), four-corner 5712₂, composition ⿰虫翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33546
• Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 11
• Unihan data for U+87C9

Chinese

trad.		蟉
simp. #		蟉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú, liào (liu², liao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ, ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liào
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴
    • Yale: lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjiw, liw, gjiwX

Rime
Character	蟉	蟉	蟉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	來 (37)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)	幽 (138)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	渠幽切	力幽切	渠黝切
Baxter	gjiw	liw	gjiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiɪu/	/liɪu/	/ɡiɪuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨu/	/lɨu/	/ɡɨuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡieu/	/lieu/	/ɡieuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiw/	/ljiw/	/gjiwX/
Li Rong	/ɡiĕu/	/liĕu/	/ɡiĕuX/
Wang Li	/ɡiəu/	/liəu/	/ɡiəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gieu/	/lieu/	/gieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú	liú	jiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4	lau4	gau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯw/, /*ɡrɯw/, /*ɡrɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟉	蟉	蟉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8393	8397	8398
Phonetic component	翏	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鏐	虯	蟉
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rɯw/	/*ɡrɯw/	/*ɡrɯwʔ/

Definitions

蟉

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Compounds

• 蜩蟉
• 蟉虯／蟉虬

 

Japanese

Kanji

蟉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りゅう (ryū); る (ru); きゅう (kyū)