蝳

蝳

蝳 U+8773, 蝳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8773 ← 蝲 [U+8772] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝴 → [U+8774]

Translingual

Han character

蝳 (radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手一卜 (LIQMY), four-corner 5515₇, composition ⿰虫毒)

References

• KangXi: page 1091, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33236
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2867, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8773

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
瑇	*dɯːɡs, *duːɡ
纛	*duːɡs, *duːɡ
碡	*doːɡ, *duːɡ, *duɡ
毒	*l'uːɡ
蝳	*duːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *duːɡ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 毒 (OC *l'uːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dú (du²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwu
    • IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /duok̚/▼

Rime
Character	蝳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒沃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/duok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dawk̚/
Li Rong	/dok̚/
Wang Li	/duok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*duːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2487
Phonetic component	毒
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	毒
Old Chinese	/*duːɡ/

Definitions

蝳

1. Only used in 蝳蜍 (“spider”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dài (dai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day
    • IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶
    • Yale: doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɔːy̯²²/

Definitions

蝳

1. Only used in 蝳蝐 (“hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)”).