蟣

See also: 虮

Translingual

Han character

蟣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女戈戈 (LIVII), four-corner 5215₃, composition ⿰虫幾)

1. nit egg of a louse
2. foam

See also

• 卵, 蛋, 鮞/鲕, 鯤/鲲, 虮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33596
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2894, character 16
• Unihan data for U+87E3

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Chinese

trad.		蟣
simp.		虮*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
機	*kɯl
譏	*kɯl
嘰	*kɯl
磯	*kɯl
鞿	*kɯl
饑	*kɯl
禨	*kɯl, *kɯls
幾	*kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls
鐖	*kɯl
僟	*kɯl
璣	*kɯl
蟣	*kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl
穖	*kɯlʔ
畿	*ɡɯl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐ, qí (ji³, qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ, ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chi³
    • Yale: jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei²
    • Yale: géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gj+j, kj+jX

Rime
Character	蟣	蟣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠希切	居狶切
Baxter	gj+j	kj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨi/	/kɨiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨi/	/kɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəi/	/kiəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨj/	/kɨjX/
Li Rong	/ɡiəi/	/kiəiX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəi/	/kĭəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ge̯i/	/ke̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	gei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɡ]əj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯlʔ/, /*ɡɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蟣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɡ]əj/ (not in GSR)
English	leech
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟣	蟣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5799	5805
Phonetic component	幾	幾
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	蟣	祈
Old Chinese	/*kɯlʔ/	/*ɡɯl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟣

1. eggs of a louse
2. foam above wine

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Japanese

Kanji

蟣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. louse eggs
2. nits

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), け (ke), げ (ge)
• Kun: しらみ (shirami)

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Korean

Hanja

蟣 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

1. nits
2. leech