U+8707, 蜇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8707

[U+8706]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8708]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手中中一戈 (QLLMI), four-corner 52136, composition )

  1. jellyfish

Derived characters

  • 𧏄

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33096
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2853, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8707

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔl'ed) : phonetic (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed) + semantic (insect; creature).

Etymology 1

Possibly related to (OC *m̥ʰraːds, “scorpion”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (9)
Final () (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter trjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈiat̚/
Li
Rong
/ȶjɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhe
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zit3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16942
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔl'ed/

Definitions

  1. (of bees, scorpions, etc.) to sting; to bite
  2. to sting; to smart

Compounds

  • 蜇螫
  • 蜇鼻
  • 蜇齒蜇齿

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same as etymology 1?”)

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. jellyfish

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): てつ (tetsu); てち (techi)
  • Kun: さす (sasu)
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