蠱

See also: 蛊

蠱 U+8831, 蠱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8831 ← 蠰 [U+8830] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠲 → [U+8832]

Translingual

Han character

蠱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中戈廿 (LILIT), four-corner 5010₇, composition ⿱蟲皿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1103, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33867
• Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2906, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8831

Chinese

FWOTD – 15 November 2019

trad.		蠱
simp.		蛊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蠱
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 蟲 (“insects”) + 皿 (“container”) – poisonous insects raised in a container.

Etymology 1

Unclear (Schuessler, 2007).

“Affair” may be related to 故 (OC *kaːs, “happening; incident”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu²
    • Yale: gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ku
    • MiniDict: ku^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kuX

Rime
Character	蠱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Baxter	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/koX/
Wang Li	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蠱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁaʔ/
English	noxious vermin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4339
Phonetic component	蠱
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*klaːʔ/

Definitions

蠱

1. (historical) a type of artificially cultivated poisonous insect; the one insect remaining in the vessel where toxic insects are allowed to eat each other

   • 剡縣有一家事蠱，人啖其食飲，無不吐血死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     剡县有一家事蛊，人啖其食饮，无不吐血死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Jin dynasty, 陶淵明 (Tao Yuanming), 《搜神後記》

     Shànxiàn yǒu yī jiā shì gǔ, rén dàn qí shíyǐn, wú bù tùxuè sǐ. [Pinyin]

     In Shàn County, there is a family who produces gǔ. When people ate their [the family's] food, all died vomiting blood.

2. ^† insect that grows on rotting grain; pest; vermin

   • 粟米饐熱生蠱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     粟米𮩞热生蛊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Sùmǐ yìrè shēng gǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. ^† hot, noxious air that harms people; miasma

   • 二年，初伏，以狗禦蠱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     二年，初伏，以狗御蛊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Èr nián, chūfú, yǐ gǒu yù gǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to entice; to bewitch

   • 孔丘盛容脩飾以蠱世，弦歌鼓舞以聚徒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孔丘盛容脩饰以蛊世，弦歌鼓舞以聚徒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kǒng Qiū shèngróng xiūshì yǐ gǔ shì, xiángē gǔwǔ yǐ jù tú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 假使小尼姑的臉上不滑膩，阿Q便不至於被蠱，又假使小尼姑的臉上蓋一層布，阿Q便也不至於被蠱了。 [MSC, trad.]
     假使小尼姑的脸上不滑腻，阿Q便不至于被蛊，又假使小尼姑的脸上盖一层布，阿Q便也不至于被蛊了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1921, 魯迅 (Lu Xun), 《阿Q正傳》 (The True Story of Ah Q), translation based on Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang

     Jiǎshǐ xiǎo nígū de liǎnshang bù huánì, Ā-Q biàn bùzhìyú bèi gǔ, yòu jiǎshǐ xiǎo nígū de liǎnshang gài yī céng bù, ā-Q biàn yě bùzhìyú bèi gǔ le. [Pinyin]

     If the little nun's face had not been soft and smooth, Ah Q would not have been bewitched by her; nor would this have happened if the little nun's face had been covered by a cloth.

5. ^† malevolent sorcery, including charms, curses and prayers to evil spirits

   • 秋七月，按道侯韓說、使者江充等掘蠱太子宮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秋七月，按道侯韩说、使者江充等掘蛊太子宫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Qiū qīyuè, àndàohóu Hán Yuè, shǐzhě Jiāng Chōng děng jué gǔ tàizǐ gōng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. ^† affair; matter

   • 幹母之蠱，不可貞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     干母之蛊，不可贞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Gàn mǔ zhī gǔ, bùkě zhēn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. 18th hexagram of the I Ching (䷑)

Compounds

• 下蠱／下蛊
• 不蠱／不蛊
• 厭蠱／厌蛊
• 古蠱／古蛊
• 吹蠱／吹蛊
• 埋蠱／埋蛊
• 妖蠱／妖蛊
• 巫蠱／巫蛊
• 巫蠱之獄／巫蛊之狱
• 巫蠱之禍／巫蛊之祸
• 幹父之蠱／干父之蛊
• 幹蠱／干蛊
• 庶蠱／庶蛊
• 惑蠱／惑蛊
• 振蠱／振蛊
• 掘蠱／掘蛊
• 整蠱／整蛊 (zhěnggǔ)
• 毒蠱／毒蛊
• 氣蠱／气蛊
• 水蠱病／水蛊病
• 沈蠱
• 淫蠱／淫蛊
• 無過蠱／无过蛊
• 狂蠱／狂蛊
• 狐蠱／狐蛊
• 病蠱／病蛊
• 瘇蠱／瘇蛊
• 瘵蠱／瘵蛊
• 禦蠱／御蛊
• 簧蠱／簧蛊
• 蛇蠱／蛇蛊
• 蝨蠱／虱蛊
• 蠱主／蛊主
• 蠱事／蛊事
• 蠱佞／蛊佞
• 蠱偽／蛊伪
• 蠱厭／蛊厌
• 蠱喪／蛊丧
• 蠱壞／蛊坏
• 蠱尾／蛊尾
• 蠱師／蛊师
• 蠱幹／蛊干
• 蠱廢／蛊废
• 蠱弊／蛊弊
• 蠱心喪志／蛊心丧志
• 蠱惑／蛊惑 (gǔhuò)
• 蠱惑人心／蛊惑人心
• 蠱慝／蛊慝
• 蠱敝／蛊敝
• 蠱晦／蛊晦
• 蠱殺／蛊杀
• 蠱毒／蛊毒
• 蠱毒犀／蛊毒犀
• 蠱氣／蛊气
• 蠱溺／蛊溺
• 蠱獄／蛊狱
• 蠱疾／蛊疾
• 蠱癥／蛊症
• 蠱祝／蛊祝 (gǔzhòu)
• 蠱脹／蛊胀
• 蠱膈／蛊膈
• 蠱菑／蛊菑
• 蠱蕩／蛊荡
• 蠱蚘／蛊蚘
• 蠱蝕／蛊蚀
• 蠱蟲／蛊虫
• 蠱蠹／蛊蠹
• 蠱術／蛊术 (gǔshù)
• 蠱誘／蛊诱
• 蠱道／蛊道
• 蠱雕／蛊雕
• 裕蠱／裕蛊
• 讒蠱／谗蛊
• 貞蠱／贞蛊
• 踏影蠱／踏影蛊
• 避蠱／避蛊
• 食蠱／食蛊
• 飭蠱／饬蛊
• 魘蠱／魇蛊

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yě, gǔ (ye³, gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ, ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yě
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yě
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³
    • Yale: yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yee
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/

Definitions

蠱

1. ^† Alternative form of 冶 (yě, “bewitchingly pretty; seductive”)

Compounds

• 蠱冶／蛊冶
• 蠱媚／蛊媚

 

References

• “蠱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蠱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko); や (ya)
• Kun: そこなう (sokonau, 蠱なう); まじない (majinai, 蠱い); まどわす (madowasu, 蠱す); こびる (kobiru)

Korean

Hanja

蠱 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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