蟖

蟖 U+87D6, 蟖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87D6 ← 蟕 [U+87D5] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟗 → [U+87D7]

Translingual

Han character

蟖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈廿金中 (LITCL), composition ⿰虫斯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33578
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2889, character 18
• Unihan data for U+87D6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟖
alternative forms		蟴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘶	*seː
撕	*seː, *se
斯	*se
廝	*se
蟴	*se
燍	*se
鐁	*se
凘	*se
澌	*ses

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sih
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sje

Rime
Character	蟖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息移切
Baxter	sje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siə̆/
Li Rong	/sie/
Wang Li	/sǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1

Definitions

蟖

1. only used in 蛅蟖 (zhānsī)

Japanese

Kanji

蟖

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Moth Larva; Grasshopper

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: けむし (kemushi)

Korean

Hanja

蟖 (eum 사 (sa))

1. (쐐기) hairy and poisonous caterpillar

Synonyms

• 자 (蚝, ja)
• 점 (蛅, jeom)
• 점사 (蛅蟖, jeomsa)

Compounds

• 점사 (蛅蟖, jeomsa)

Related terms

• 모충 (毛蟲, mochung, “caterpillar”)
• 유충 (幼蟲, yuchung, “larva”)

See also

• 아 (蛾, a, “moth”)
• 모 (毛, mo, “hair, wool, fur, feather, fuzz”)