蟄

See also: 蛰

蟄 U+87C4, 蟄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87C4 ← 蟃 [U+87C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟅 → [U+87C5]

Translingual

Han character

蟄 (radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈中一戈 (GILMI), four-corner 4513₆, composition ⿱執虫)

References

• KangXi: page 1096, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33537
• Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2883, character 1
• Unihan data for U+87C4

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Chinese

trad.		蟄
simp.		蛰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (執) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
騺	*tibs
摯	*tjibs
贄	*tjibs
鷙	*tjibs
墊	*tiːms, *diːb
慹	*tjeb, *ndiːb, *sdib, *tjib
謺	*tjeb
褺	*diːb
蓻	*stib
縶	*tib
漐	*tʰib
蟄	*dib
執	*tjib
瓡	*tjib

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *dib): phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 虫 (“bug”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhé, zhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ, ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶, zik⁶, zaap⁶, zit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳt
• Min Nan (POJ): ti̍t / tia̍k / ta̍t / ti̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chê²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat⁶, zik⁶, zaap⁶, zit³
    • Yale: jaht, jihk, jaahp, jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹, dzik⁹, dzaap⁹, dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶, jig⁶, zab⁶, jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/, /t͡sɪk̚²/, /t͡säːp̚²/, /t͡siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dit
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tat̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tip̚²⁴/

Note:

• ti̍t/tia̍k/ta̍t - vernacular;
• ti̍p - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiɪp̚/▼

Rime
Character	蟄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	直立切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjip̚/
Li Rong	/ȡjəp̚/
Wang Li	/ȡĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]rip/

  (Zhengzhang): /*dib/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蟄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhé
Middle Chinese	‹ drip ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]rip/
English	hibernate; cluster
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	蟄
Reading #	1/1
No.	17289
Phonetic component	執
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蟄
Old Chinese	/*dib/

Definitions

蟄

1. to hibernate
2. to live in seclusion

Compounds

• 冬蟄／冬蛰
• 出蟄／出蛰
• 啟蟄／启蛰
• 蟄伏／蛰伏 (zhéfú)

• 蟄居／蛰居
• 蟄獸／蛰兽
• 蟄蟄／蛰蛰
• 蟄蟲／蛰虫

• 蟄陷／蛰陷
• 蟄雷／蛰雷
• 閉蟄／闭蛰
• 驚蟄／惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)

References

• “蟄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蟄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢふ (difu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちふ (tifu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ちつ (chitsu)
• Kun: ちっする (chissuru, 蟄する); かくれる (kakureru, 蟄れる)

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Korean

Hanja

蟄 • (chip) (hangeul 칩, revised chip, McCune–Reischauer ch'ip, Yale chip)

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