蟼

蟼 U+87FC, 蟼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FC ← 蟻 [U+87FB] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟽 → [U+87FD]

Translingual

Han character

蟼 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿大中一戈 (TKLMI), four-corner 4813₆, composition ⿱敬虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33674
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2895, character 11
• Unihan data for U+87FC

Chinese

trad.		蟼
simp. #		蟼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蟼	*kraː, *kreŋ, *kreŋʔ
憼	*kaŋʔ, *kreŋʔ
驚	*kreŋ
警	*kreŋʔ
儆	*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs
璥	*keŋʔ
檠	*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋ, *ɡreŋs
敬	*kreŋs
擎	*ɡreŋ
曔	*ɡreŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ching³
    • Yale: jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kae, kjaeng, kjaengX

Rime
Character	蟼	蟼	蟼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	庚 (111)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III	III
Fanqie	古牙切	舉卿切	居影切
Baxter	kae	kjaeng	kjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/kˠiæŋ/	/kˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/kᵚiaŋ/	/kᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/kiaŋ/	/kiaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/kiajŋ/	/kiajŋX/
Li Rong	/ka/	/kiɐŋ/	/kiɐŋX/
Wang Li	/ka/	/kĭɐŋ/	/kĭɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka/	/ki̯ɐŋ/	/ki̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	jīng	jǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1	ging1	ging2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraː/, /*kreŋ/, /*kreŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟼	蟼	蟼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6875	6878	6883
Phonetic component	敬	敬	敬
Rime group	魚	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嘉	驚	警
Old Chinese	/*kraː/	/*kreŋ/	/*kreŋʔ/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅	見爾雅

Definitions

蟼

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of frog