蛷

蛷 U+86F7, 蛷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86F7 ← 蛶 [U+86F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛸 → [U+86F8]

Translingual

Han character

蛷 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈十水 (LIIJE), four-corner 5313₂, composition ⿰虫求)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33070
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2853, character 11
• Unihan data for U+86F7

Chinese

trad.		蛷
simp. #		蛷
alternative forms		𧋛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	*ɡu, *qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	*ɡu, *ko
觩	*ɡu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡu): semantic 虫 (“snake; insect”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw

Rime
Character	蛷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛷
Reading #	1/1
No.	10564
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/
Notes	見周禮鄭注

Definitions

蛷

1. used in 蛷螋