螪

螪 U+87AA, 螪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AA ← 螩 [U+87A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 螫 → [U+87AB]

Translingual

Han character

螪 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜金月 (LIYCB), four-corner 5012₇, composition ⿰虫商)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33469
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2887, character 14
• Unihan data for U+87AA

Chinese

trad.		螪
simp. #		螪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
商	*hljaŋ
蔏	*hljaŋ
螪	*hljaŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāng (shang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shang
    • Wade–Giles: shang¹
    • Yale: shāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shang
    • Palladius: шан (šan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syang

Rime
Character	螪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式羊切
Baxter	syang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螪
Reading #	1/1
No.	11099
Phonetic component	商
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	商
Old Chinese	/*hljaŋ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

螪

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 螪何 and 螪蚵 (a kind of insect)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative name for 蜥蜴 (xīyì, “lizard”).