蜼

蜼 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人土 (LIOG), four-corner 5011₄, composition ⿰虫隹)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33205
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 8
• Unihan data for U+873C

Historical forms of the character 蜼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lus, *rulʔ, *luls) : semantic 虫 (“insect; crawling creature”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 虫 (OC *hŋlulʔ) + semantic 隹 (“bird”).

Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *srjuul (“gibbon”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Matisoff (1995) suggests that it is 猶 (OC *lu, “a kind of monkey”) + palatal diminutive suffix.

蜼

1. (literary) long-tailed monkey (similar to a macaque but larger)

   • 爰有熊、羆、文虎、蜼、豹、離朱、視肉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     爰有熊、罴、文虎、蜼、豹、离朱、视肉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

     Yuán yǒu xióng, pí, wénhǔ, wèi, bào, lízhū, shìròu. [Pinyin]

     There are the bear, the brown bear, the tiger, the long-tailed monkey, the leopard, the lizhu and the shirou.

   • 猨蜼晝吟，鼯鼠夜叫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     猨蜼昼吟，鼯鼠夜叫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 馬融 (Ma Rong), 長笛賦 (“Rhapsody on Long Flute”), in 文選 (wénxuǎn) (Selections of Refined Literature)

     Yuán wèi zhòu yín, wúshǔ yè jiào. [Pinyin]

     The ape and long-tailed monkey sing in the day; the flying squirrel calls at night.

   • 於是乎玄猨素雌，蜼玃飛𧕫，蛭蜩蠼猱，獑胡豰蛫，棲息乎其間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于是乎玄猨素雌，蜼玃飞𧕫，蛭蜩蠼猱，𰡔胡豰蛫，栖息乎其间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru), 上林賦 (“Fu on the Shanglin Park”), in 文選 (wénxuǎn) (Selections of Refined Literature)

     Yúshìhū xuányuán sù cí, wèi jué fēilěi, zhì tiáo qúnáo, chánhú hù guǐ, qīxī hū qíjiān. [Pinyin]

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   • 不辨過河牛，時看掛樹蜼。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不辨过河牛，时看挂树蜼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 吳寬, 次韻啟南淫雨

     Bù biàn guò hé niú, shí kàn guà shù wěi. [Pinyin]

     Not recognizing the cattle that are crossing the river, always seeing the monkeys that are hanging in the trees.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): い (i); ゆい (yui); るい (rui)
• Kun: さる (saru)