孑孓

See also: 𡤼孒

Chinese

		alone; mosquito larvae; small	larvae of mosquito
simp. and trad. (孑孓)		孑	孓
alternative forms		𡤼孒 孑孒 蛣蟩

孑孓。

Glyph origin

Via deformations of the character 子 (“child”). The individual characters originally meant “without a right arm” and “without a left arm” (Shuowen Jiezi).

Etymology

Related to 詰屈 (“bending; twisting”) (Wang Niansun).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjyué
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-chüeh²
    • Yale: jyé-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyue
    • Palladius: цзецзюэ (czeczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ kyut³
    • Yale: kit kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ kʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjet kjwot|kjut|kjowngX

Rime
Character	孑	孓	孓	孓
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	薛 (83)	月 (68)	物 (60)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	居列切	居月切	九勿切	居悚切
Baxter	kjet	kjwot	kjut	kjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇt̚/	/kʉɐt̚/	/kɨut̚/	/kɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛt̚/	/kʷiɐt̚/	/kiut̚/	/kioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæt̚/	/kiuɐt̚/	/kiuət̚/	/kioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiat̚/	/kuat̚/	/kut̚/	/kuawŋX/
Li Rong	/kjɛt̚/	/kiuɐt̚/	/kiuət̚/	/kioŋX/
Wang Li	/kĭɛt̚/	/kĭwɐt̚/	/kĭuət̚/	/kĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛt̚/	/ki̯wɐt̚/	/ki̯uət̚/	/ki̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	jue	ju	jiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git3	gyut3	gwat1	gung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ked  kʷad|kʷɯd|kʷoŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孑	孓	孓	孓
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6435	7225	7223	7224
Phonetic component	孑	孓	孒	孓
Rime group	月	月	物	東
Rime subdivision	2	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	孑	厥		拱
Old Chinese	/*ked/	/*kʷad/	/*kʷɯd/	/*kʷoŋʔ/
Notes		原作孒		原作孒

Noun

孑孓

1. mosquito larva; wriggler

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孑孓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟頭蟲兒
	Harbin	跟頭蟲兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打老鬼, 孑孓
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓
	Wanrong	顛倒子, 水擔圪斗
	Xuzhou	孑孓, 跟頭蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	跟頭蟲
	Ürümqi	跟頭蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子
	Wuhan	跟頭蟲
	Guiyang	跟斗蟲
	Guilin	孑孓
	Liuzhou	跟斗蟲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲
	Hong Kong	沙蟲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	逕蟲
	Nanning	沙蟲
	Wuzhou	沙蟲
	Yulin	曲曲蛆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	沙蟲
Gan	Pingxiang	沙蟲
Hakka	Meixian	屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	沙蟲
	Yudu	沙蟲子
Huizhou	Jixi	打滾蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	道跌子
	Pingyao	卜來來
	Xinzhou	吊孑子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	變魚蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把啷鼓墜
Southern Min	Xiamen	車蛆, 蛆
	Quanzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Jinjiang	車蛆
	Zhangzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Tainan	水蛆
	Shantou	蛆
	Leizhou	蛆蟲
	Haikou	雨蟲
Puxian Min	Putian	蛆, 蛆蟲
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蛆
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蛆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蛆蟲
	Xianyou	蛆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蛆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蛆
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蠓蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	沙蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	沙蟲
Wu	Shanghai	打拳蛆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	孓襻蟲
	Suzhou	打拳蟲
	Danyang	水孑孓, 彎蟲
	Hangzhou	倒督蟲兒
	Ningbo	棲蟲
	Wenzhou	蛆蟲
	Jinhua	骨骨蟲, 各各蟲
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	糞缸蟲
Xiang	Changsha	沙蟲子
	Loudi	紅紗蟲

Adjective

孑孓

1. (ideophonic, obsolete, of an animal's body) bending and stretching