虴

虴 U+8674, 虴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8674 ← 虳 [U+8673] CJK Unified Ideographs 虵 → [U+8675]

Translingual

Han character

虴 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹心 (LIHP), four-corner 5211₄, composition ⿰虫乇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32819
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2835, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8674

Chinese

trad.		虴
simp. #		虴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咤	*ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒	*ʔr'aːɡs
灹	*ʔr'aːɡs
矺	*ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼	*ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘	*hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫	*hr'aːɡs
秅	*r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺	*ʔl'aːɡs
亳	*blaːɡ
托	*l̥ʰaːɡ
託	*l̥ʰaːɡ
魠	*l̥ʰaːɡ
馲	*l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂	*l̥ʰaːɡ
飥	*l̥ʰaːɡ
仛	*l'aːɡ
虴	*pr'aːɡ
杔	*ʔr'aːɡ
乇	*ʔr'aːɡ
宅	*r'aːɡ
厇	*ʔr'eːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhé (zhe²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
    • Wade–Giles: chê²
    • Yale: jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: traek

Rime
Character	虴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	陟格切
Baxter	traek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶɐk̚/
Wang Li	/ȶɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pr'aːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虴
Reading #	1/1
No.	16925
Phonetic component	乇
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	磔
Old Chinese	/*pr'aːɡ/

Definitions

虴

1. Only used in 虴蜢.