蠖

蠖

蠖 U+8816, 蠖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8816 ← 蠕 [U+8815] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠗 → [U+8817]

Translingual

Han character

蠖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿人水 (LITOE), four-corner 5414₇, composition ⿰虫蒦)

References

• KangXi: page 1101, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33752
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2895, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8816

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Chinese

trad.		蠖
simp. #		蠖

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wok⁶, wok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wok⁶, wok³
    • Yale: wohk, wok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wok⁹, wok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wog⁶, wog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːk̚²/, /wɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔwɑk̚/

Rime
Character	蠖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏郭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwak̚/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/uɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠖
Reading #	1/1
No.	5592
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	雘
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːɡ/

Definitions

蠖

1. Clipping of 尺蠖 (chǐhuò) or 蚇蠖: inchworm

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

蠖

1. Only used in 蠖略.

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Japanese

Kanji

蠖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: わく (waku)
• Kan-on: わく (waku)
• Kan’yō-on: かく (kaku)
• Kun: かくれる (kakureru), しりぞく (shirizoku)

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Korean

Hanja

蠖 • (hwak) (hangeul 확, revised hwag)

1. (자벌레) inchworm, measuring worm, geometrid

Synonyms

• 蚇 (蚇) (척, cheog)
• 蠖 (蠖) (확, hwag)
• 尺蠖 (척확, cheoghwag)

Compounds

• 尺蠖 (척확, cheoghwag) measuring worm
• 尺蠖蛾 (척확아, cheoghwag-a) geometrid moth