蠥

蠥 U+8825, 蠥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8825 ← 蠤 [U+8824] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠦 → [U+8826]

Translingual

Han character

蠥 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 山十中一戈 (UJLMI), four-corner 2013₆, composition ⿱辥虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1102, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33815
• Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2904, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8825

Chinese

trad.		蠥
simp. #		蠥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
躠	*sŋaːd
嶭	*ŋaːd, *ŋeːd
櫱	*ŋaːd, *ŋred
薛	*sŋed
辥	*sŋed
孼	*ŋred
蘖	*ŋred
蠥	*ŋred
孽	*ŋred
糵	*ŋred

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jit⁶, jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niè
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴
    • Yale: nyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
    • Palladius: не (ne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jit⁶, jip⁶
    • Yale: yiht, yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jit⁹, jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yid⁶, yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːt̚²/, /jiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjet

Rime
Character	蠥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	仙 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚列切
Baxter	ngjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiat̚/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋred/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠥
Reading #	1/1
No.	14065
Phonetic component	薛
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	孼
Old Chinese	/*ŋred/

Definitions

蠥

1. ^† Alternative form of 孽 (niè)
2. ^† worry; concern