螲

螲

螲 U+87B2, 螲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B2 ← 螱 [U+87B1] CJK Unified Ideographs 螳 → [U+87B3]

Translingual

Han character

螲 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十金土 (LIJCG), four-corner 5311₄, composition ⿰虫窒)

References

• KangXi: page 1095, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33502
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 2
• Unihan data for U+87B2

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Chinese

trad.		螲
simp. #		螲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
致	*tiɡs
輊	*tiɡs
駤	*tiɡs
跮	*tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ
荎	*di, *diːɡ
緻	*diɡs
至	*tjiɡs
鵄	*tʰji
胵	*tʰji
痓	*tʰjiɡs
咥	*hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ
窒	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ
蛭	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
垤	*diːɡ
耋	*diːɡ
姪	*diːɡ, *diɡ
絰	*diːɡ
恎	*diːɡ
挃	*tiɡ
庢	*tiɡ
銍	*tiɡ, *tjiɡ
秷	*tiɡ
螲	*tiɡ
侄	*diɡ, *tjiɡ
桎	*tjiɡ
郅	*tjiɡ
晊	*tjiɡ
室	*hliɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tiɡ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 窒 (OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat¹, zat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat¹, zat⁶
    • Yale: jāt, jaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁷, dzat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed¹, zed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵/, /t͡sɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiɪt̚/

Rime
Character	螲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	眞 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟栗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjit̚/
Li Rong	/ȶjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螲
Reading #	1/1
No.	17363
Phonetic component	至
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	窒
Old Chinese	/*tiɡ/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

螲

1. Only used in 螻螲／蝼螲 (lóuzhì, “mole cricket”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dié (die²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dit³, dit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dit³, dit⁶
    • Yale: dit, diht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸, dit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: did³, did⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³/, /tiːt̚²/

Definitions

螲

1. Only used in 螲蟷／螲𬠅 (diédàng, “trapdoor spider”).

References

• “螲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–