蠋

蠋 U+880B, 蠋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-880B ← 蠊 [U+880A] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠌 → [U+880C]

Translingual

Han character

蠋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田中戈 (LIWLI), four-corner 5612₇, composition ⿰虫蜀)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33703
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2897, character 6
• Unihan data for U+880B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蠋
alternative forms		蜀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襡	*toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣	*toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ
斣	*toːɡs
歜	*sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ
斀	*rtoːɡ
孎	*rtoːɡ, *toɡ
濁	*rdoːɡ
鐲	*rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀	*rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ
擉	*sʰroːɡ
獨	*doːɡ
髑	*doːɡ
韣	*doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸	*toɡ
钃	*toɡ
欘	*toɡ
躅	*doɡ
蠋	*doɡ, *tjoɡ
燭	*tjoɡ
囑	*tjoɡ
矚	*tjoɡ
屬	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
属	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
蠾	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
觸	*tʰjoɡ
臅	*tʰjoɡ
觕	*sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀	*djoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doɡ, *tjoɡ) : semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 蜀 (OC *djoɡ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhú (zhu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowk, drjowk

Rime
Character	蠋	蠋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之欲切	直録切
Baxter	tsyowk	drjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨok̚/	/ɖɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/ɖiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/ȡiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawk̚/	/ɖuawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/ȡiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwok̚/	/ȡĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wok̚/	/ȡʱi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	zhú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doɡ/, /*tjoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠋	蠋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11827	11837
Phonetic component	蜀	蜀
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		燭
Old Chinese	/*doɡ/	/*tjoɡ/
Notes		蜀再轉註

Definitions

蠋

1. ^† caterpillar

   • 蜎蜎者蠋、烝在桑野。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yuānyuān zhě zhú, zhēng zài sāng yě. [Pinyin]

     Creeping about are the caterpillars, all over the mulberry fields.

Japanese

Kanji

蠋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょく (shoku); どく (doku); ぞく (zoku)
• Kun: けむし (kemushi)