蝑

蝑 U+8751, 蝑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8751 ← 蝐 [U+8750] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝒 → [U+8752]

Translingual

Han character

蝑 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓人月 (LINOB), four-corner 5712₂, composition ⿰虫胥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33258
• Dae Jaweon: not present, would follow page 0, character 55
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2874, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8751

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
疋	*ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ
蝑	*sŋas, *sŋa
壻	*sŋeːs
婿	*sŋeːs
胥	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
稰	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
楈	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
諝	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
湑	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
揟	*sŋa
醑	*sŋaʔ
糈	*sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ
楚	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras
礎	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
憷	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
齼	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
濋	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
儊	*sŋ̊ʰras
綀	*sŋra
疎	*sŋra
疏	*sŋra, *sŋras
蔬	*sŋra
梳	*sŋra

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sŋas, *sŋa): semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 胥 (OC *sŋa, *sŋaʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		蝑
simp. #		蝑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi¹
    • Yale: sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: sjo

Rime
Character	蝑
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相居切
Baxter	sjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/siɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨə̆/
Li Rong	/siɔ/
Wang Li	/sĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝑
Reading #	2/2
No.	11772
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胥
Old Chinese	/*sŋa/

Definitions

蝑

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 蚣蝑 (zhōngxū)
• 蜙蝑 (sōngxū)
• 𧌻蝑 (sōngxū)
• 䗥蝑 / 𰲯蝑 (zōngxū)
• 𧐱蝑 / 𬟺蝑 (cóngxū)

Etymology 2

trad.		蝑
simp. #		蝑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: sjaeH

Rime
Character	蝑
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	司夜切
Baxter	sjaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siaH/
Pan Wuyun	/siaH/
Shao Rongfen	/siaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaH/
Li Rong	/siaH/
Wang Li	/sĭaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯aH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝑
Reading #	1/2
No.	11764
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蝑
Old Chinese	/*sŋas/

Definitions

蝑

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.