蠾

蠾 U+883E, 蠾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-883E ← 蠽 [U+883D] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠿 → [U+883F]

Translingual

Han character

蠾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+21, 27 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸水戈 (LISEI), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫屬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1105, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33936
• Dae Jaweon: page 1568, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2911, character 4
• Unihan data for U+883E

Chinese

trad.		蠾
simp.		𧑏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襡	*toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣	*toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ
斣	*toːɡs
歜	*sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ
斀	*rtoːɡ
孎	*rtoːɡ, *toɡ
濁	*rdoːɡ
鐲	*rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀	*rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ
擉	*sʰroːɡ
獨	*doːɡ
髑	*doːɡ
韣	*doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸	*toɡ
钃	*toɡ
欘	*toɡ
躅	*doɡ
蠋	*doɡ, *tjoɡ
燭	*tjoɡ
囑	*tjoɡ
矚	*tjoɡ
屬	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
属	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
蠾	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
觸	*tʰjoɡ
臅	*tʰjoɡ
觕	*sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀	*djoɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhú (zhu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowk, dzyowk, drjowk

Rime
Character	蠾	蠾	蠾
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	常 (25)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	燭 (8)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	之欲切	市玉切	直録切
Baxter	tsyowk	dzyowk	drjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨok̚/	/d͡ʑɨok̚/	/ɖɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/d͡ʑiok̚/	/ɖiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/d͡ʑiok̚/	/ȡiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawk̚/	/d͡ʑuawk̚/	/ɖuawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/ʑiok̚/	/ȡiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwok̚/	/ʑĭwok̚/	/ȡĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wok̚/	/ʑi̯wok̚/	/ȡʱi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	shú	zhú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	suk6	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoɡ/, /*djoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠾	蠾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11835	11846
Phonetic component	蜀	蜀
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	燭	蜀
Old Chinese	/*tjoɡ/	/*djoɡ/

Definitions

蠾

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flea
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 蠾蝓／𧑏蝓 (zhúyú)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蠋 (caterpillar)