蝣

蝣 U+8763, 蝣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8763 ← 蝢 [U+8762] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝤 → [U+8764]

Translingual

Han character

蝣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜尸木 (LIYSD), four-corner 5814₇, composition ⿰虫斿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33292
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2873, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8763

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝣
alternative forms		蝤 𧌕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
游	*lu
遊	*lu
蝣	*lu
斿	*lu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
    • Tâi-lô: iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yuw

Rime
Character	蝣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以周切
Baxter	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/
Li Rong	/iu/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝣
Reading #	1/1
No.	15547
Phonetic component	斿
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	猷
Old Chinese	/*lu/

Definitions

蝣

1. Short for 蜉蝣 (fúyóu, “mayfly”).

Japanese

Kanji

蝣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mayfly

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蜉蝣(かげろう) (kagerō), 蜉蝣(ふゆう) (fuyū): mayfly

Vietnamese

Han character

蝣: Hán Việt readings: du

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Compounds

Compounds

• 蜉蝣 (phù du)