蟥

蟥 U+87E5, 蟥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87E5 ← 蟤 [U+87E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟦 → [U+87E6]

Translingual

Han character

蟥 (radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿中金 (LITLC), four-corner 5418₆, composition ⿰虫黄 (G) or ⿰虫黃 (HTJK))

References

• KangXi: page 1097, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33600
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2883, character 5
• Unihan data for U+87E5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (黄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
横
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáng (huang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Wade–Giles: huang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴
    • Yale: wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦwɑŋ/▼

Rime
Character	蟥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡光切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟥
Reading #	1/1
No.	5387
Phonetic component	黄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/

Definitions

蟥

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 石蟥

• 螞蟥／蚂蟥 (mǎhuáng)

• 馬蟥／马蟥

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Japanese

Kanji

蟥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); おう (ō)

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Korean

Hanja

蟥 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang)

1. (말거머리) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)

Synonyms

• 螞 (마, ma)
• 蟥 (황, hwang)

• 螞蟥 (마황, mahwang)
• 馬蛭 (마질, majil) lit. horse leech

Compounds

• 螞蟥 (마황, mahwang) horse-leech

Related terms

• 蛭 (질, jil) common leech