蠁

See also: 蚃

蠁 U+8801, 蠁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8801 ← 蠀 [U+8800] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠂 → [U+8802]

蠁 U+2F9C1, 蠁 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9C1 ← 蟡 [U+2F9C0] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䗹 → [U+2F9C2]

Translingual

Han character

蠁 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女中中一戈 (VLLMI), four-corner 2713₆, composition ⿱鄉虫 or ⿱鄕虫)

1. larvae, chrysalis

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33682
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8801

• Unihan data for U+2F9C1

Chinese

trad.		蠁
simp.		蚃
alternative forms		䖮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàng (xiang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴
    • Yale: syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
    • Palladius: сян (sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hoeng²
    • Yale: héung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjangX, xjangH

Rime
Character	蠁	蠁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許兩切	許亮切
Baxter	xjangX	xjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐŋX/	/hɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐŋX/	/hiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑŋX/	/xiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨaŋX/	/hɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/xiaŋX/	/xiaŋH/
Wang Li	/xĭaŋX/	/xĭaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯aŋX/	/xi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎng	xiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoeng2	hoeng3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋʔ/, /*qʰaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠁	蠁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13601	13605
Phonetic component	鄉	鄉
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	響	向
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋʔ/	/*qʰaŋs/

Definitions

蠁

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cocoon

Japanese

Kanji

蠁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. larvae
2. grubs

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、どう (dō)
• Kun: にしどち (nishidochi)

Korean

Hanja

蠁 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)

1. 번데기: chrysalis