蠈

蠈 U+8808, 蠈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8808 ← 蠇 [U+8807] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠉 → [U+8809]

Translingual

Han character

蠈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月十中一戈 (BJLMI), four-corner 6313₆, composition ⿱賊虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33696
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2896, character 17
• Unihan data for U+8808

Chinese

trad.		蠈
simp.		𬠠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
廁	*sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ
則	*ʔsɯːɡ
賊	*zɯːɡ
鰂	*zɯːɡ
鱡	*zɯːɡ
蠈	*zɯːɡ
側	*ʔsrɯɡ
萴	*ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ
測	*sʰrɯɡ
惻	*sʰrɯɡ
崱	*zrɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zé, zéi (ze², zei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ, ㄗㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zé
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²
    • Yale: dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéi
    • Wade–Giles: tsei²
    • Yale: dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeir
    • Palladius: цзэй (czɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzok

Rime
Character	蠈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨則切
Baxter	dzok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zək̚/
Li Rong	/d͡zək̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠈
Reading #	1/1
No.	16599
Phonetic component	則
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賊
Old Chinese	/*zɯːɡ/
Notes	見潛夫論爾雅作賊

Definitions

蠈

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a pest which eats seedlings