蟈

See also: 蝈

蟈 U+87C8, 蟈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87C8 ← 蟇 [U+87C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟉 → [U+87C9]

Translingual

Han character

蟈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田戈一 (LIWIM), four-corner 5610₀, composition ⿰虫國)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33545
• Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2885, character 6
• Unihan data for U+87C8

Chinese

trad.		蟈
simp.		蝈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/

Definitions

蟈

1. Alternative form of 蜮 (yù, “legendary creature that has three legs and harms humans”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guō (guo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo¹
    • Yale: gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwok³
    • Yale: gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kweak

Rime
Character	蟈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古獲切
Baxter	kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kwæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟈
Reading #	1/1
No.	5570
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟈
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

蟈

1. frog or toad

   alt. forms: 蜮 (yù)

Compounds

• 螻蟈／蝼蝈
• 蟈蟈兒／蝈蝈儿 (guōguor)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蟈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. small green frog
2. cicada

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku); よく (yoku); こく (koku); きゃく (kyaku); いき (iki); わく (waku)