蠞

Translingual

Han character

蠞 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹日中戈 (HALI), composition ⿱節虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33785
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2902, character 16
• Unihan data for U+881E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蠞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
卪	*ʔsiːɡ
癤	*ʔsiːɡ
幯	*ʔsiːɡ
節	*ʔsiːɡ
蝍	*ʔsiːɡ, *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
蠞	*ziːɡ
堲	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ, *zɯɡ
唧	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
楖	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsriɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
揤	*ziɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
櫛	*ʔsriɡ
瀄	*ʔsriɡ
擳	*ʔsriɡ
即	*ʔsɯɡ
鯽	*ʔsɯɡ, *ʔseɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²
    • Yale: jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzet

Rime
Character	蠞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	昨結切
Baxter	dzet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛt̚/
Li Rong	/d͡zet̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ziet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ziːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠞
Reading #	1/1
No.	5715
Phonetic component	即
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𢧵
Old Chinese	/*ziːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蠞

1. ^† a kind of ocean crab

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Japanese

Kanji

蠞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せつ (setsu), ぜち (zechi)