蛺

蛺

See also: 蛱

蛺 U+86FA, 蛺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86FA ← 蛹 [U+86F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛻 → [U+86FB]

Translingual

Han character

蛺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈大人人 (LIKOO), four-corner 5413₈, composition ⿰虫夾)

References

• KangXi: page 1083, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33077
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2854, character 7
• Unihan data for U+86FA

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Chinese

trad.		蛺
simp.		蛱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瘞	*qrebs
瘱	*qeːbs
脥	*kʰemʔ
浹	*skaːb, *skeːb
挾	*skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾	*kreːb
郟	*kreːb
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌	*kreːb
鵊	*kreːb
狹	*ɡreːb
峽	*ɡreːb
硤	*ɡreːb
陜	*ɡreːb
陿	*ɡreːb
翜	*sraːb, *srɯːb
梜	*kraːb, *keːb
頰	*keːb
莢	*keːb
鋏	*keːb
蛺	*keːb
唊	*keːb
悏	*kʰeːb
匧	*kʰeːb
愜	*kʰeːb
篋	*kʰeːb
俠	*ɡeːb
綊	*ɡeːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³
• Min Nan (POJ): kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
    • Wade–Giles: chia²
    • Yale: jyá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³
    • Yale: gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
    • Tâi-lô: kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kep̚/

Rime
Character	蛺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	添 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古協切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛp̚/
Li Rong	/kep̚/
Wang Li	/kiep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛺
Reading #	1/1
No.	5907
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	頰
Old Chinese	/*keːb/

Definitions

蛺

1. Used in 蛺蝶／蛱蝶 (jiádié).

Compounds

穿花蛺蝶／穿花蛱蝶

蛺蝶／蛱蝶 (jiádié)

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Japanese

Kanji

蛺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō); ぎょう (gyō); こう (kō); りょう (ryō)
• Kun: ちゅう (chū, 蛺)