蜮

蜮 U+872E, 蜮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-872E ← 蜭 [U+872D] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜯 → [U+872F]

Translingual

Han character

蜮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈口一 (LIIRM), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫或)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33176
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2860, character 5
• Unihan data for U+872E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜮
alternative forms		蟈／蝈 Pronunciation 1 魊 mythical creature

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wik⁶
    • Yale: wihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwik, hwok

Rime
Character	蜮	蜮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	職 (135)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	雨逼切	胡國切
Baxter	hwik	hwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɨk̚/	/ɦwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨk̚/	/ɦʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuek̚/	/ɣuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwik̚/	/ɦwək̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuək̚/	/ɣuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwək̚/	/ɣuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wək̚/	/ɣwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik6	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷɯːɡ/, /*ɢʷrɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜮	蜮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5550	5555
Phonetic component	或	或
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	或	域
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷɯːɡ/	/*ɢʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

蜮

1. (Chinese mythology) a small three-legged turtle-like creature that lives in water and spits sand at humans, often forcefully enough to kill them.

   Synonyms: 射工, 射影 (shèyǐng), 短狐, 水弩

2. pestilent insect that eats young leaves

Compounds

• 奸同鬼蜮
• 為鬼為蜮／为鬼为蜮
• 虺蜮 (huǐyù)
• 鬼蜮
• 鬼蜮伎倆／鬼蜮伎俩

 

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜮 – see 蟈 (“frog or toad”). (This character is a variant form of 蟈).

Japanese

Kanji

蜮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よく (yoku)、いき (iki)、こく (koku)、わく (waku)
• Kun: いさごむし (isagomushi)