蟂

蟂

蟂 U+87C2, 蟂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87C2 ← 蟁 [U+87C1] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟃 → [U+87C3]

Translingual

Han character

蟂 (radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹日木 (LIHAD), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫梟)

References

• KangXi: page 1095, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33534
• Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2886, character 12
• Unihan data for U+87C2

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Chinese

trad.		蟂
simp.		𫋇
variant forms		䳋

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *keːw) : semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 梟 (OC *keːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo, jiāo (xiao¹, jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ, ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu¹
    • Yale: gīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /keu/▼

Rime
Character	蟂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古堯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keu/
Pan Wuyun	/keu/
Shao Rongfen	/keu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛw/
Li Rong	/keu/
Wang Li	/kieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟂
Reading #	1/1
No.	13676
Phonetic component	梟
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	驍
Old Chinese	/*keːw/
Notes	見漢書

Definitions

蟂

1. ^† otter or any animal resembling one