蜮

蜮	U+872E, 蜮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-872E

← 蜭
[U+872D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜯 →
[U+872F]

Translingual

Han character

蜮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈口一 (LIIRM), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫或)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33176

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2860, character 5

Unihan data for U+872E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜮
alternative forms		蟈／蝈 Pronunciation 1 魊 mythical creature

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
幗	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
慖	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	ɡʷɯːɡ, ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wik⁶
  - Yale: wihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪk̚²/

Middle Chinese: hwik, hwok

Rime
Character	蜮	蜮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	職 (135)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	雨逼切	胡國切
Baxter	hwik	hwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɨk̚/	/ɦwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨk̚/	/ɦʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuek̚/	/ɣuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwik̚/	/ɦwək̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuək̚/	/ɣuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwək̚/	/ɣuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wək̚/	/ɣwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik⁶	wak⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷɯːɡ/, /*ɢʷrɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜮	蜮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5550	5555
Phonetic component	或	或
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	或	域
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷɯːɡ/	/*ɢʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

蜮

(Chinese mythology) a small three-legged turtle-like creature that lives in water and spits sand at humans, often forcefully enough to kill them.
Synonyms: 射工, 射影 (shèyǐng), 短狐, 水弩
pestilent insect that eats young leaves

Compounds

奸同鬼蜮
為鬼為蜮／为鬼为蜮
虺蜮 (huǐyù)
鬼蜮
鬼蜮伎倆／鬼蜮伎俩

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜮 – see 蟈 (“frog or toad”). (This character is a variant form of 蟈).

Japanese

Kanji

蜮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): よく (yoku); いき (iki); こく (koku); わく (waku)
Kun: いさごむし (isagomushi)

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