蛓

蛓 U+86D3, 蛓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86D3 ← 蛒 [U+86D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛔 → [U+86D4]

Translingual

Han character

蛓 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈中一戈 (JILMI), four-corner 4315₀, composition ⿹𢦏虫)

Derived characters

• 𧓤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32988
• Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2847, character 6
• Unihan data for U+86D3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛓
alternative forms		蚝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
𢦏	*ʔslɯː
栽	*ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs
哉	*ʔslɯː
烖	*ʔslɯː
載	*ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs
渽	*ʔsɯː
睵	*ʔsɯː, *sʰɯː
溨	*zɯː
裁	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs
酨	*l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
蛓	*sʰles, *sʰɯs
胾	*ʔsrɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰles, *sʰɯs) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³, zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³, zi¹
    • Yale: chi, jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³, dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³, ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/, /t͡siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjeH, tshiH

Rime
Character	蛓	蛓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七賜切	七吏切
Baxter	tshjeH	tshiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇH/	/t͡sʰɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛH/	/t͡sʰɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɛH/	/t͡sʰieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiə̆H/	/t͡sʰɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰieH/	/t͡sʰiəH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰǐeH/	/t͡sʰĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰie̯H/	/t͡sʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì	cì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci3	ci3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰles/, /*sʰɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛓	蛓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16503	16504
Phonetic component		
Rime group	支	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	刺	蛓
Old Chinese	/*sʰles/	/*sʰɯs/

Definitions

蛓

1. ^† a kind of caterpillar

Compounds

• 蛓毛蟲／蛓毛虫