蚆

蚆 U+8686, 蚆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8686 ← 蚅 [U+8685] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚇 → [U+8687]

Translingual

Han character

蚆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日山 (LIAU), four-corner 5711₇, composition ⿰虫巴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32845
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2841, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8686

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巴	*praː
芭	*praː
笆	*praː, *braːʔ
豝	*praː
鈀	*praː, *pʰraː
吧	*praː, *pʰraː
蚆	*praː, *pʰraː
疤	*praː
把	*praːʔ
爸	*praːs, *baʔ
弝	*praːs
靶	*praːs
葩	*pʰraː
舥	*pʰraː
妑	*pʰraː
帊	*pʰraːs
琶	*braː
爬	*braː
杷	*braː, *braːs, *braːs
跁	*braːʔ, *braːs
耙	*braːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pā, bā (pa¹, ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ, ㄅㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pa
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • Palladius: ба (ba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phae, pae

Rime
Character	蚆	蚆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	普巴切	伯加切
Baxter	phae	pae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠa/	/pˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚa/	/pᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰa/	/pa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨ/	/paɨ/
Li Rong	/pʰa/	/pa/
Wang Li	/pʰa/	/pa/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰa/	/pa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pā	bā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paa1	baa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*praː/, /*pʰraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚆	蚆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	103	114
Phonetic component	巴	巴
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	巴	葩
Old Chinese	/*praː/	/*pʰraː/

Definitions

蚆

1. Used in 海蚆. (a kind of shellfish)