蠵

蠵

蠵 U+8835, 蠵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8835 ← 蠴 [U+8834] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠶 → [U+8836]

Translingual

Han character

蠵 (radical 142, 虫+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山人月 (LIUOB), four-corner 5212₇, composition ⿰虫巂)

References

• KangXi: page 1103, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33887
• Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2908, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8835

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蠵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴
    • Yale: kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiuᴇ/, /ɦwei/▼

Rime
Character	蠵	蠵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	悅吹切	戸圭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇ/	/ɦwei/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛ/	/ɦʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/juɛ/	/ɣuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiə̆/	/ɦwɛj/
Li Rong	/iue/	/ɣuei/
Wang Li	/jǐwe/	/ɣiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/wie̯/	/ɣiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	huí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeː/, /*ɢʷe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠵	蠵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4621	4634
Phonetic component	巂	巂
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	攜	䔺
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeː/	/*ɢʷe/

Definitions

蠵

1. ^† a kind of large sea turtle

Compounds

蠵龜／蠵龟 (xīguī)

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Japanese

Kanji

蠵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei), え (e), い (i)