虺

See also: 蝰

虺 U+867A, 虺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-867A ← 虹 [U+8679] CJK Unified Ideographs 虻 → [U+867B]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

虺 (radical 142 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一山中一戈 (MULMI), four-corner 1521₃, composition ⿺兀虫)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1077, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2834, character 15
• Unihan data for U+867A

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		虺

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (兀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
虺	hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ
豗	hŋuːl
鼿	hŋuːl, *ŋuːd
虫	hŋlulʔ
髡	ŋ̥ʰuːn
軏	ŋod, *ŋuːd
扤	ŋod, *ŋuːd
兀	ŋuːd
杌	ŋuːd
屼	ŋuːd
矹	ŋluːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ): phonetic 兀 (OC *ŋuːd) + semantic 虫.

EtymologyEdit

“venomous snake”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl (“snake”).

Pronunciation 1Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐ (hui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai²
• Min Nan (POJ): hoe / húi / khúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade-Giles: hui³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai²
    • Yale: wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei²
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe / húi / khúi
    • Tâi-lô: hue / huí / khuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoef, huie, quie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴/, /hui⁵³/, /kʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³/, /hui⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁴⁴/, /hui⁵³/, /kʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴/, /hui⁵³/, /kʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴/, /hui⁴¹/, /kʰui⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /hʉi^X/▼

Rime
Character	虺
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許偉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hujX/
Li Rong	/xiuəiX/
Wang Li	/xĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[r̥]u[j]ʔ/, /*r̥u[j]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋlulʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	虺	虺
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǐ	huǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨjX ›	‹ xjwɨjX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r̥]u[j]ʔ/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)	/*r̥u[j]ʔ/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)
English	snake-brood	sound of thunder
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虺
Reading #	3/3
No.	13193
Phonetic component	兀
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	虺
Old Chinese	/*hŋlulʔ/

DefinitionsEdit

虺

1. mythological venomous snake

CompoundsEdit

• 夢虺／梦虺
• 王虺
• 虺虺

• 虺蛇入夢／虺蛇入梦
• 虺蜮
• 虺蜴

• 蟠虺紋／蟠虺纹
• 養虺成蛇／养虺成蛇

Pronunciation 2Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Wade-Giles: hui¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹
    • Yale: fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠuɛi/, /huʌi/▼

Rime
Character	虺	虺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	呼懷切	呼恢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuɛi/	/huʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæi/	/huoi/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɐi/	/xuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəɨj/	/hwəj/
Li Rong	/xuɛi/	/xuᴀi/
Wang Li	/xwɐi/	/xuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwăi/	/xuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāi	huī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[r̥]ˤu[j]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋuːl/, /*hŋruːl/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	虺
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huī
Middle Chinese	‹ xwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[r̥]ˤu[j]/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)
English	exhausted, weary
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虺	虺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	13189	13192
Phonetic component	兀	兀
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	灰	虺
Old Chinese	/*hŋuːl/	/*hŋruːl/

DefinitionsEdit

虺

1. Only used in 虺隤 (“sick; ambitionless”).

ReferencesEdit

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

虺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. large poisonous snake

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: き (ki)
• Kan’yōon: かい (kai)
• Kun: まむし (mamushi)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

虺 • (hwe) (hangeul 훼, revised hwe, McCune-Reischauer hwe, Yale hwey)

1. viper
2. big snake

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

• Hán Việt: hủy/huỷ

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