蝮
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
蝮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人日水 (LIOAE), four-corner 58147, composition ⿰虫复)
- venomous snake, viper
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1091, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33309
- Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2871, character 3
- Unihan data for U+876E
Chinese edit
trad. | 蝮 | |
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simp. # | 蝮 | |
alternative forms | 蝠 𧐛 |
Glyph origin edit
Historical forms of the character 蝮 |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Small seal script |
Etymology edit
Possibly related to 伏 (OC *bɯɡ, “to lie down”) (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, it may be related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bəw (“insect; snake”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation edit
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蝮
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Japanese edit
Kanji edit
蝮
Readings edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term |
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蝮 |
はみ Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
/pami2/ → /pami/ → /fami/ → /hami/
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō dictionary of 938 CE.[1]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “derivations? also mi2 might be wrong/”)
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Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term |
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蝮 |
まむし Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 真 (ma, “true”) + 虫 (mushi, “snake”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- Short for 日本蝮 (“mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii)”).
- (by extension) a pit viper, adder
- 1999 July 22, “フレイム・ヴァイパー [Flame Viper]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
- シュルシュルと素早く動き、口から火炎をはくマムシ。
- Shurushuru to subayaku ugoki, kuchi kara kaen o haku mamushi.
- A pit viper that spits fire and slithers swiftly.
- シュルシュルと素早く動き、口から火炎をはくマムシ。
- person who is feared by others but gives no harm (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- Short for まむし指.
Compounds edit
- 蝮草 (mamushigusa, Arisaema serratum)
- 蝮丼 (mamushi-don), 蝮丼 (mamushi-donburi, alternative name of 鰻丼)
- マムシ属 (mamushi-zoku)
- 日本蝮 (Nihon mamushi, “mamushi”, Gloydius blomhoffii)
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
蝮 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok, Yale pok)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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