蟱

蟱 U+87F1, 蟱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F1 ← 蟰 [U+87F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟲 → [U+87F2]

Translingual

Han character

蟱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人廿火 (LIOTF), composition ⿰虫無)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33632
• Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2892, character 4
• Unihan data for U+87F1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟱

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect; worm”) + phonetic 無 (OC *ma).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/

Definitions

蟱

1. Only used in 蟱𧍪 (wúyú). (synonym of 青蚨 (qīngfú, “a kind of insect”))

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móu (mou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²
    • Yale: móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
    • Palladius: моу (mou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

蟱

1. Only used in 䖦蟱 (zhuōmóu).

Japanese

Kanji

蟱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō); む (mu); ぶ (bu)
• Kun: くも (kumo)