蠭

Translingual

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌	*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸	*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	*boŋ, *boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	*boŋ, *boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰoŋ) : phonetic 逢 (OC *boŋ) + semantic 䖵 (“insect”). Original form of 蜂.

Han character

蠭 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 卜十中戈戈 (YJLII), composition ⿱逢䖵)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1103, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33857
• Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2904, character 22
• Unihan data for U+882D

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蠭 – see 蜂 (“Apoidea or Vespa; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 蜂).

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Japanese

Kanji

蠭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō)
• Kun: はち (hachi)