蠮

蠮 U+882E, 蠮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-882E ← 蠭 [U+882D] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠯 → [U+882F]

Translingual

Han character

蠮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸水一 (LISEM), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫翳)

1. bee

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1103, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33858
• Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2906, character 3
• Unihan data for U+882E

Chinese

trad.		蠮
simp. #		蠮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鷖	*qiː
翳	*qiː, *qiːs
嫛	*qiː
黳	*qiː
繄	*qiː, *qiːs
医	*qiːs
嫕	*qiːs
蘙	*qiːs
瞖	*qiːs
殹	*qiːs
贀	*ɢʷis
醫	*qɯ
毉	*qɯ
蠮	*qiːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qiːɡ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 翳 (OC *qiː, *qiːs).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yē (ye¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ye
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹
    • Yale: yē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jit⁶
    • Yale: yiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'et

Rime
Character	蠮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	烏結切
Baxter	'et
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ʔet̚/
Wang Li	/iet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ye
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qiːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠮
Reading #	1/1
No.	15060
Phonetic component	医
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	噎
Old Chinese	/*qiːɡ/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

蠮

1. used in 蠮螉

   alt. forms: 𧏽 (yē), 䗟 (yì), 𧒐 (yē), 𧐷 (yē), 𧔦, 𧕪 (yē)

2. used in 蠮蠛國／蠮蠛国

See also

• 𧊭 (yīn)

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “蠮”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04443

Japanese

Kanji

蠮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えつ (etsu)、えち (echi)