螜

螜 U+879C, 螜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879C ← 螛 [U+879B] CJK Unified Ideographs 螝 → [U+879D]

Translingual

Han character

螜 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土水中一戈 (GELMI), four-corner 4713₆, composition ⿱𣪊虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33423
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 7
• Unihan data for U+879C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: huwk

Rime
Character	螜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡谷切
Baxter	huwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	huk6

Definitions

螜

1. ^† mole cricket