蟭

蟭

蟭 U+87ED, 蟭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87ED ← 蟬 [U+87EC] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟮 → [U+87EE]

Translingual

Han character

蟭 (radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人土火 (LIOGF), four-corner 5013₁, composition ⿰虫焦)

1. very small bug

References

• KangXi: page 1098, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33623
• Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2892, character 16
• Unihan data for U+87ED

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (焦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹
    • Yale: jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇu/▼

Rime
Character	蟭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即消切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siaw/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛu/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟭
Reading #	1/1
No.	6348
Phonetic component	焦
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	焦
Old Chinese	/*ʔsew/

Definitions

蟭

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Japanese

Kanji

蟭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. very small bug

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}