蝞

蝞 U+875E, 蝞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875E ← 蝝 [U+875D] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝟 → [U+875F]

Translingual

Han character

蝞 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日竹山 (LIAHU), four-corner 5716₇, composition ⿰虫眉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33284
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2874, character 7
• Unihan data for U+875E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眉	*mril
楣	*mril
嵋	*bril
湄	*mril
鶥	*mril
瑂	*mril
郿	*mril, *mrils
葿	*mril
媚	*mrils
篃	*mrils
蝞	*mrills
煝	*mrils

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mijH

Rime
Character	蝞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	明祕切
Baxter	mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiH/
Li Rong	/mjiH/
Wang Li	/miH/
Bernard Karlgren	/miH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrills/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝞
Reading #	1/1
No.	8949
Phonetic component	眉
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿
Old Chinese	/*mrills/

Definitions

蝞

1. ^† an edible aquatic crustacean