蟍

蟍 U+87CD, 蟍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87CD ← 蟌 [U+87CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟎 → [U+87CE]

Translingual

Han character

蟍 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹弓木 (LIHND), composition ⿰虫梨)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1096, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33561
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2885, character 10
• Unihan data for U+87CD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犁	*riːl, *ril
黎	*riːl
莉	*riːl, *r'il, *r'i
黧	*riːl
鯬	*riːl, *ril
筣	*riːl, *ri
蔾	*riːl, *ril
藜	*riːl
邌	*riːl
瓈	*riːl
鵹	*rel
棃	*ril
梨	*ril
蟍	*ril
蜊	*ril
鑗	*ril
利	*rids
痢	*rids
浰	*riːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ril) : semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 梨 (OC *ril)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lij

Rime
Character	蟍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力脂切
Baxter	lij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/li/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/li/
Li Rong	/li/
Wang Li	/li/
Bernard Karlgren	/li/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟍
Reading #	1/1
No.	7892
Phonetic component	利
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	棃
Old Chinese	/*ril/

Definitions

蟍

1. Only used in 螏蟍.