蝆

蝆 U+8746, 蝆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8746 ← 蝅 [U+8745] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝇 → [U+8747]

Translingual

Han character

蝆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿手 (LITQ) or 難中戈廿手 (XLITQ), four-corner 5115₀, composition ⿰虫芈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1088, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33084
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2859, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8746

Chinese

trad.		蝆
simp. #		蝆

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
羋	*meʔ
蝆	*meʔ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *meʔ): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 羋 (OC *meʔ)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蝆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	綿婢切
Baxter	mjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆X/
Li Rong	/mieX/
Wang Li	/mǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝆
Reading #	1/1
No.	9017
Phonetic component	羋
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	渳
Old Chinese	/*meʔ/
Notes	見爾雅，餘校爲蛘訛字

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng, yáng (yang³, yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ, ㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³
    • Yale: yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjieX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meʔ/

Definitions

蝆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 蛘 (yáng)