蜪

蜪 U+872A, 蜪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-872A ← 蜩 [U+8729] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜫 → [U+872B]

Translingual

Han character

蜪 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈心人山 (LIPOU), four-corner 5712₀, composition ⿰虫匋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33167
• Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2865, character 4
• Unihan data for U+872A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
掏	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
蜪	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
陶	*bl'uː, *luː
萄	*l'uː
啕	*l'uː
淘	*l'uː
騊	*l'uː
匋	*bl'uː
祹	*l'uː
綯	*l'uː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāo, táo (tao¹, tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ, ㄊㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao¹
    • Yale: tāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²
    • Yale: táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thaw, daw

Rime
Character	蜪	蜪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	土刀切	徒刀切
Baxter	thaw	daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑu/	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑu/	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑu/	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaw/	/daw/
Li Rong	/tʰɑu/	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/tʰɑu/	/dɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑu/	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāo	táo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou1	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuː/, /*l'uː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜪	蜪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12362	12370
Phonetic component	匋	匋
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	饕	陶
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰuː/	/*l'uː/

Definitions

蜪

1. used in 蝮蜪 ("locust larva")