蛈

蛈 U+86C8, 蛈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C8 ← 蛇 [U+86C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛉 → [U+86C9]

Translingual

Han character

蛈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹手人 (LIHQO), four-corner 5513₀, composition ⿰虫失)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32968
• Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 8
• Unihan data for U+86C8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛈

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiě (tie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiě
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³
    • Yale: tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiee
    • Palladius: те (te)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³
    • Yale: tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: thet

Rime
Character	蛈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他結切
Baxter	thet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/tʰet̚/
Wang Li	/tʰiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰiːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛈
Reading #	1/1
No.	11403
Phonetic component	失
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鐵
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰiːɡ/

Definitions

蛈

1. Only used in 蛈蝪.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛈 – see 蝶 (“butterfly; butterfly stroke; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蝶).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Zhuang

Noun

蛈

1. Sawndip form of sip