蟡

蟡 U+87E1, 蟡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87E1 ← 蟠 [U+87E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟢 → [U+87E2]

蟡 U+2F9C0, 蟡 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9C0 ← 䗗 [U+2F9BF] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 蠁 → [U+2F9C1]

Translingual

Han character

蟡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈月竹火 (LIBHF) or 中戈戈大火 (LIIKF), four-corner 5212₇, composition ⿰虫爲 or ⿰虫為)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2893, character 4
• Unihan data for U+87E1

• Unihan data for U+2F9C0

Chinese

trad.		蟡
simp.		𰲲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
譌	*ŋʷaːl
嬀	*kʷral
潙	*kʷral, *ɢʷal
蟡	*kʷralʔ, *qʷral
僞	*ŋʷrals
噅	*qʰʷral
撝	*qʰʷral
爲	*ɢʷal, *ɢʷal, *ɢʷals
鄬	*ɢʷal, *ɢʷalʔ
蔿	*ɢʷalʔ
儰	*ɢʷalʔ
寪	*ɢʷalʔ
蘤	*ɢʷalʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³
    • Yale: gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai¹
    • Yale: wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwe, kjweX

Rime
Character	蟡	蟡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於爲切	過委切
Baxter	'jwe	kjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/	/kˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/	/kʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/	/kiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/	/kjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/	/kjueX/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/	/kǐweX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/	/kwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1	gwai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷralʔ/, /*qʷral/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟡	蟡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12866	12870
Phonetic component	爲	爲
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	詭	逶
Old Chinese	/*kʷralʔ/	/*qʷral/

Definitions

蟡

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04320

Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 爲 (vi).

Han character

蟡: Nôm readings: ve, vờ

1. chữ Nôm form of ve (“cicada”)