蝟

蝟

See also: 猬

蝟 U+875F, 蝟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875F ← 蝞 [U+875E] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝠 → [U+8760]

Translingual

Han character

蝟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田月 (LIWB), four-corner 5612₇, composition ⿰虫胃)

References

• KangXi: page 1090, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33287
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 6
• Unihan data for U+875F

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Chinese

trad.		蝟
simp.		猬
alternative forms		𧳪 猬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
喟	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
胃	*ɢuds
謂	*ɢuds
媦	*ɢuds
蝟	*ɢuds
渭	*ɢuds
煟	*ɢuds
緭	*ɢuds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).

Etymology

See 彙／汇 (huì, “hedgehog (obsolete)”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi^H/

Rime
Character	蝟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蝟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
English	porcupine
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝟
Reading #	1/1
No.	12945
Phonetic component	胃
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胃
Old Chinese	/*ɢuds/
Notes	説文同彚

Definitions

蝟

1. hedgehog

Compounds

刺蝟／刺猬 (cìwèi) 蝟縮／猬缩 (wèisuō)

蝟起／猬起 蝟集／猬集 (wèijí)

觀者蝟集／观者猬集

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Japanese

Kanji

蝟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: はりねずみ (harinezumi, 蝟)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝟
はりねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

蝟(はりねずみ) • (harinezumi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 針鼠 (“hedgehog”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝟
い Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 蝟 (MC ɦʉi^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

蝟(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. the Chinese name of the 針鼠 (harinezumi, “hedgehog”)

Derived terms

• 蝟(い)集(しゅう) (ishū, “to gather (like the spines of a hedgehog)”)

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Korean

Hanja

蝟 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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