蠍

See also: 蝎

Translingual

Han character

蠍 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日女人 (LIAVO), four-corner 5718₂, composition ⿰虫歇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33707
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2896, character 18
• Unihan data for U+880D

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Chinese

trad.		蠍/蝎*
simp.		蝎*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
愒	*kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	*qaːds, *qaːd
餲	*qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝	*qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	*kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈	*ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲	*kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	*klaːd, *rab
渴	*kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	*qʰaːd, *qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	*ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	*kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	*ɡrad, *ɡad
碣	*ɡrad, *ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蠍

1. scorpion

   蠍子／蝎子  ―  xiēzi  ―  scorpion

References

• “蠍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

蠍(sasori)

Kanji

蠍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scorpion

Readings

• Go-on: こち (kochi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kan’yō-on: かつ (katsu)
• Kun: さそり (sasori, 蠍)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蠍座(さそりざ) (Sasoriza): Scorpius
• 蠍擬(さそりもどき) (sasorimodoki)
• 蛇蠍(だかつ) (dakatsu), 蛇蠍(じゃかつ) (jakatsu)
• 天蠍宮(てんかつきゅう) (Tenkatsukyū): Scorpio

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蠍
さそり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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Noun

蠍(さそり) or 蠍(サソリ) • (sasori) 

1. a scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones)

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Korean

Hanja

蠍 • (gal) (hangeul 갈)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蠍 (hiết, hạt, yết)

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