蟙

Translingual

Han character

蟙 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜戈日 (LIYIA), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫戠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33581
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2893, character 14
• Unihan data for U+87D9

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Chinese

trad.		蟙
simp.		𧊄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
識	*tjɯɡs, *hljɯɡ
幟	*tjɯɡs, *tʰjɯɡs, *hljɯɡs
織	*tjɯɡs, *tjɯɡ
熾	*tʰjɯɡs
樴	*dɯːɡ, *tjɯɡ
職	*tjɯɡ
軄	*tjɯɡ
戠	*tjɯɡ
膱	*tjɯɡ
蟙	*tjɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯɡ) : semantic 虫 (“bug; creature”) + phonetic 戠 (OC *tjɯɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhí (zhi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh
    • Wade–Giles: chih²
    • Yale: jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zik¹
    • Yale: jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyik

Rime
Character	蟙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之翼切
Baxter	tsyik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟙
Reading #	1/1
No.	17256
Phonetic component	戠
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	職
Old Chinese	/*tjɯɡ/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟙

1. Alternative name for 高腳蟹／高脚蟹 (gāojiǎoxiè, “Japanese spider crab”).

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Japanese

Kanji

蟙

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょく (shoku), しき (shiki)
• Kun: こうむり (koumuri)