蠾

Translingual

Han character

蠾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+21, 27 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸水戈 (LISEI), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫屬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1105, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33936
• Dae Jaweon: page 1568, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2911, character 4
• Unihan data for U+883E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蠾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襡	*toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣	*toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ
斣	*toːɡs
歜	*sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ
斀	*rtoːɡ
孎	*rtoːɡ, *toɡ
濁	*rdoːɡ
鐲	*rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀	*rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ
擉	*sʰroːɡ
獨	*doːɡ
髑	*doːɡ
韣	*doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸	*toɡ
钃	*toɡ
欘	*toɡ
躅	*doɡ
蠋	*doɡ, *tjoɡ
燭	*tjoɡ
囑	*tjoɡ
矚	*tjoɡ
屬	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
属	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
蠾	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
觸	*tʰjoɡ
臅	*tʰjoɡ
觕	*sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀	*djoɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhú (zhu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowk, dzyowk, drjowk

Rime
Character	蠾	蠾	蠾
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	常 (25)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	燭 (8)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	之欲切	市玉切	直録切
Baxter	tsyowk	dzyowk	drjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨok̚/	/d͡ʑɨok̚/	/ɖɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/d͡ʑiok̚/	/ɖiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/d͡ʑiok̚/	/ȡiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawk̚/	/d͡ʑuawk̚/	/ɖuawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/ʑiok̚/	/ȡiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwok̚/	/ʑĭwok̚/	/ȡĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wok̚/	/ʑi̯wok̚/	/ȡʱi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	shú	zhú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	suk6	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoɡ/, /*djoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠾	蠾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11835	11846
Phonetic component	蜀	蜀
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	燭	蜀
Old Chinese	/*tjoɡ/	/*djoɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蠾

1. ^† flea
2. ^† (～蝓) spider
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 蠋 (caterpillar).