蚣

蚣 U+86A3, 蚣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86A3 ← 蚢 [U+86A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚤 → [U+86A4]

Translingual

Han character

蚣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈金戈 (LICI), four-corner 5813₂, composition ⿰虫公)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1078, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32892
• Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2839, character 12
• Unihan data for U+86A3

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
慃	*qroːŋʔ
袞	*kluːnʔ
蔉	*kluːnʔ
滾	*kluːnʔ
忩	*sʰloːŋ
鬆	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
凇	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
公	*kloːŋ
蚣	*kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
翁	*qloːŋ
螉	*qloːŋ
蓊	*qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
嗡	*qloːŋ
滃	*qloːŋʔ
暡	*qloːŋʔ
勜	*qloːŋʔ
塕	*qloːŋʔ
瓮	*qloːŋs
崧	*sqʰluŋ
菘	*sqʰluŋ
硹	*sqʰluŋ
淞	*sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
蜙	*sqʰloŋ
倯	*sqʰloŋ
松	*sɢloŋ
訟	*sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
頌	*sɢloŋs, *loŋ
忪	*kljoŋ
彸	*kljoŋ
衳	*kljoŋ
伀	*kljoŋ
妐	*kljoŋ
炂	*kljoŋ
鈆	*kljoŋ, *lon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kloːŋ, *kljoŋ) : semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ).

Etymology 1

trad.		蚣
simp. #		蚣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gong¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): gung¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gĕ̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kang / kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ / gong¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: guung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kũŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĕ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang / kong
    • Tâi-lô: kang / kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafng, kofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³/, /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• kang - vernacular;
• kong - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gang¹ / gong¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang / kong
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³/, /koŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon
    • MiniDict: kon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwng

Rime
Character	蚣
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古紅切
Baxter	kuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kloːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚣
Reading #	1/2
No.	4093
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	公
Old Chinese	/*kloːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蚣

1. Only used in 蜈蚣 (wúgōng) and its regional synonyms.

Etymology 2

trad.		蚣
simp. #		蚣
alternative forms		蜙 𧌻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng, sōng (zhong¹, song¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ, ㄙㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
    • Palladius: чжун (čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: song
    • Wade–Giles: sung¹
    • Yale: sūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: song
    • Palladius: сун (sun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowng

Rime
Character	蚣
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職容切
Baxter	tsyowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kljoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚣
Reading #	2/2
No.	4121
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鍾
Old Chinese	/*kljoŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蚣

1. Only used in 蚣蝑 (zhōngxū, “katydid”).

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Japanese

Kanji

蚣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. centipede
2. grasshopper

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)、しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)、しょう (shō)

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Korean

Hanja

蚣 • (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune–Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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