蛢

蛢 U+86E2, 蛢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86E2 ← 蛡 [U+86E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛣 → [U+86E3]

蛢 U+2F9BA, 蛢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9BA ← 蜎 [U+2F9B9] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 蝹 → [U+2F9BB]

Translingual

Han character

蛢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿廿 (LITT), four-corner 5814₁, composition ⿰虫并)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33019
• Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 3
• Unihan data for U+86E2

• Unihan data for U+2F9BA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛢
alternative forms		𧏑 𧉤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鵧	*bi
駢	*beːn
胼	*beːn
骿	*beːn
軿	*beːn, *beːŋ
賆	*beːn
跰	*preŋs, *beːn
恲	*pʰreŋ
鮩	*breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ
絣	*preːŋ
拼	*preːŋ
迸	*preːŋs
姘	*pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ
皏	*pʰreːŋʔ
併	*breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ
并	*peŋ, *peŋs
栟	*peŋ
屏	*peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ
箳	*peŋ, *beːŋ
餅	*peŋʔ
鉼	*peŋʔ
摒	*peŋs
庰	*beŋs
偋	*beŋs
艵	*pʰeːŋ
頩	*pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ
竮	*pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ
瓶	*beːŋ
缾	*beːŋ
蛢	*beːŋ
荓	*beːŋ
郱	*beːŋ
洴	*beːŋ
蓱	*beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *beːŋ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píng (ping²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²
    • Yale: píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping⁴
    • Yale: pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: beng

Rime
Character	蛢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	薄經切
Baxter	beng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/beŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/beŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/beŋ/
Wang Li	/bieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛢
Reading #	1/1
No.	950
Phonetic component	并
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓶
Old Chinese	/*beːŋ/

Definitions

蛢

1. scarab