蜈

蜈	U+8708, 蜈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8708

← 蜇
[U+8707]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜉 →
[U+8709]

Translingual

Han character

蜈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口一大 (LIRMK) or 中戈口女大 (LIRVK), four-corner 5613₄, composition ⿰虫吳(THJK) or ⿰虫吴(G))

References

KangXi: page 1084, character 16

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33099

Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2855, character 7

Unihan data for U+8708

Chinese

trad.		蜈
simp. ^#		蜈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
吳	*ŋʷaː
蜈	*ŋʷaː
鋘	ŋʷaː, ŋʷraː
麌	ŋʷaː, ŋʷaʔ
祦	*ŋaː
誤	*ŋʷaːs
悞	*ŋʷaːs
娛	ŋʷaːs, ŋʷa
虞	*ŋʷa
澞	*ŋʷa
鸆	*ŋʷa
俁	*ŋʷaʔ
噳	*ŋʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋʷaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 吳 (OC *ŋʷaː).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wú (wu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): u⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): vu¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ngô͘ / gô͘ / giâ
(Teochew, Peng'im): ghou⁵ / ghê⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): hhu (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): u²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wú
  - Wade–Giles: wu²
  - Yale: wú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁴
  - Yale: ǹgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: u⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: vu¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
  - Tâi-lô: gôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâ
  - Tâi-lô: giâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giaa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡia¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡia²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡia²⁴/

Note:

ngô͘/gô͘ - literary;
giâ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghou⁵ / ghê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gôu / gê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡou⁵⁵/, /ɡe⁵⁵/

Note:

ghou5 - literary;
ghê5 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhu (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: u²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ŋuo/

Rime
Character	蜈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五乎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/
Wang Li	/ŋu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜈
Reading #	1/1
No.	13095
Phonetic component	吳
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaː/
Notes	廣雅作吳公

Definitions

蜈

Only used in 蜈蚣 (wúgōng, “centipede”).

Compounds

蜈蚣 (wúgōng)
蜈蚣珊瑚

蜈蚣草
蜈蜞 (ngô͘-khî) (Min Nan)

蜈蚣陣／蜈蚣阵
蟧蜈／𮔚蜈 (lâ-giâ)

Japanese

Kanji

蜈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ご (go)

Korean

Hanja

蜈 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Tày

Noun

蜈 (transliteration needed)

Nôm form of ngù (“snake”).

References

Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội