螬

螬 U+87AC, 螬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AC ← 螫 [U+87AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 螭 → [U+87AD]

Translingual

Han character

螬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿田日 (LITWA), four-corner 5426₇, composition ⿰虫曹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 49
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33493
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2884, character 2
• Unihan data for U+87AC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螬
2nd round simp.		⿰虫早

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
遭	*ʔsluː
糟	*ʔsluː
醩	*ʔsluːu
傮	*ʔsluː
槽	*ʔsluː, *zluː
曹	*zluː
螬	*zluː
漕	*zluː, *zluːs
嘈	*zluː
艚	*zluː
褿	*zluː
蓸	*zluː
慒	*lju, *zluːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáo (cao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao²
    • Yale: tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
    • Palladius: цао (cao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou⁴
    • Yale: chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzaw

Rime
Character	螬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨勞切
Baxter	dzaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zaw/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑu/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zluː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螬
Reading #	1/1
No.	1155
Phonetic component	曹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	曹
Old Chinese	/*zluː/

Definitions

螬

1. Only used in 蠐螬／蛴螬 (qícáo, “scarab beetle grub”).

Japanese

Kanji

螬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō); ぞう (zō); しゅう (shū); じゅ (ju)