蝛

蝛 U+875B, 蝛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875B ← 蝚 [U+875A] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝜 → [U+875C]

Translingual

Han character

蝛 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈竹女 (LIIHV), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫威)

1. the sow-bug, woodlouse

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33275
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2869, character 1
• Unihan data for U+875B

Chinese

trad.		蝛
simp. #		蝛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崴	*qruːl
威	*qul
葳	*qul
隇	*qul
蝛	*qul
鰄	*qul
楲	*qul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹
    • Yale: wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+j

Rime
Character	蝛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於非切
Baxter	'jw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝛
Reading #	1/1
No.	12792
Phonetic component	威
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	威
Old Chinese	/*qul/
Notes	爾雅作威

Definitions

蝛

1. Only used in 蛜蝛.