蜹

See also: 蚋

蜹 U+8739, 蜹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8739 ← 蜸 [U+8738] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜺 → [U+873A]

Translingual

Han character

蜹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿人月 (LITOB), composition ⿰虫芮)

1. gnat, mosquito

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33201
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2853, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8739

Chinese

trad.		蜹
simp. #		蜹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妠	*nuːms, *nuːb, *rnoːd
內	*nuːbs
笍	*tnobs, *njobs
芮	*njobs
枘	*njobs
汭	*njobs
鈉	*njobs
蜹	*njobs, *lobs, *njod
抐	*nuːns, *nuːd
納	*nuːb
衲	*nuːb
魶	*nuːb, *noːb
軜	*nuːb
蒳	*nuːb
豽	*rnuːd
肭	*rnuːd, *nuːd, *nuɡ
吶	*nod
焫	*njod
訥	*nuːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruì (rui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
    • Wade–Giles: jui⁴
    • Yale: rwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
    • Palladius: жуй (žuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: jeoi⁶
    • Yale: yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nywejH, ywejH, nywet

Rime
Character	蜹	蜹	蜹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	以 (36)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)	祭 (36)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	而銳切	以芮切	如劣切
Baxter	nywejH	ywejH	nywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇiH/	/jiuᴇiH/	/ȵiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛiH/	/jʷiɛiH/	/ȵʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuæiH/	/iuæiH/	/ȵʑjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwiajH/	/jwiajH/	/ȵwiat̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛiH/	/iuɛiH/	/ȵiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛiH/	/jĭwɛiH/	/ȵʑĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛiH/	/i̯wɛiH/	/ȵʑi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruì	wèi	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeoi6	jeoi6	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njobs/, /*lobs/, /*njod/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜹	蜹	蜹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9388	9389	9402
Phonetic component	內	內	內
Rime group	蓋	蓋	月
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime		銳	爇
Old Chinese	/*njobs/	/*lobs/	/*njod/

Definitions

蜹

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Japanese

Kanji

蜹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜい (zei)
• Kun: ぶよ (buyo, 蜹)、ぶゆ (buyu, 蜹)、ぶと (buto, 蜹)

References

• “^▲蜹”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025