蟝

Translingual

Han character

蟝 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈水尸木 (LIESD), four-corner 5119₄, composition ⿰虫渠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33585
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2887, character 19
• Unihan data for U+87DD

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蟝 – see 螶 (“mayfly; a kind of beast”). (This character is a variant form of 螶).

Etymology 2

trad.		蟝
simp. #		蟝

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: keoi⁴
    • Yale: kèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟝

1. Only used in 蠄蟝.