蚢

蚢 U+86A2, 蚢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86A2 ← 蚡 [U+86A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚣 → [U+86A3]

Translingual

Han character

蚢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜竹弓 (LIYHN), four-corner 5011₇, composition ⿰虫亢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1078, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32891
• Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2840, character 10
• Unihan data for U+86A2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚢
alternative forms		⿰虫𪜠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笐	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
亢	*kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
牨	*kaːŋ
苀	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
魧	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
迒	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
邟	*kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼	*kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
骯	*kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
炕	*kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
伉	*kʰaːŋs
閌	*kʰaːŋs
犺	*kʰaːŋs
蚢	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
阬	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
頏	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
航	*ɡaːŋ
杭	*ɡaːŋ
沆	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
肮	*ɡaːŋ
吭	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔	*kraːŋ
坑	*kʰraːŋ
劥	*kʰraːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háng (hang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háng
    • Wade–Giles: hang²
    • Yale: háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harng
    • Palladius: хан (xan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hang, hangX, khangH

Rime
Character	蚢	蚢	蚢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	胡郎切	胡朗切	苦浪切
Baxter	hang	hangX	khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋ/	/ɦɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋ/	/ɦɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋ/	/ɦaŋX/	/kʰaŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háng	hàng	kàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong4	hong6	hong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːŋs/, /*ɡaːŋ/, /*ɡaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚢	蚢	蚢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7371	7385	7392
Phonetic component	亢	亢	亢
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	抗	航	沆
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːŋs/	/*ɡaːŋ/	/*ɡaːŋʔ/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅	見爾雅

Definitions

蚢

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a wild silkworm which eats artemisia leaves
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large cowrie shell