螘

螘 U+8798, 螘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8798 ← 螗 [U+8797] CJK Unified Ideographs 螙 → [U+8799]

Translingual

Han character

螘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山一廿 (LIUMT), four-corner 5211₈, composition ⿰虫豈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33415
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8798

Chinese

trad.		螘
simp.		𰲹
alternative forms		𧔮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 螘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
獃	*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴	*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
愷	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
塏	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
鎧	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
颽	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
暟	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
闓	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
豈	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
隑	*ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
皚	*ŋɯːl
嵦	*ŋɡɯːl
敳	*ŋɯːl
磑	*ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘	*ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
覬	*krɯls
溰	*ŋɯl
顗	*ŋɯlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Yale: yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵
    • Yale: ngáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjeX, ngj+jX

Rime
Character	螘	螘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚倚切	魚豈切
Baxter	ngjeX	ngj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇX/	/ŋɨiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛX/	/ŋɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛX/	/ŋiəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆X/	/ŋɨjX/
Li Rong	/ŋjeX/	/ŋiəiX/
Wang Li	/ŋǐeX/	/ŋĭəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋie̯X/	/ŋe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5	ji5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʰəjʔ/, /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋralʔ/, /*ŋɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	螘	螘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjɨjX ›	‹ ngjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*m-qʰəjʔ/	/*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
English	ant	ant
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	螘	螘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10120	10125
Phonetic component	豈	豈
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	螘	顗
Old Chinese	/*ŋralʔ/	/*ŋɯlʔ/

Definitions

螘

1. ^† Alternative form of 蟻／蚁 (yǐ, “ant”)

Compounds

• 朾螘／朾𰲹
• 綠螘

 

Japanese

Kanji

螘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 蟻

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: あり (ari, 螘)

Korean

Hanja

螘 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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