蝳

蝳 U+8773, 蝳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8773 ← 蝲 [U+8772] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝴 → [U+8774]

Translingual

Han character

蝳 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手一卜 (LIQMY), four-corner 5515₇, composition ⿰虫毒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1091, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33236
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2867, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8773

Chinese

trad.		蝳
simp. #		蝳

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
瑇	*dɯːɡs, *duːɡ
纛	*duːɡs, *duːɡ
碡	*doːɡ, *duːɡ, *duɡ
毒	*l'uːɡ
蝳	*duːɡ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *duːɡ): semantic 虫 + phonetic 毒 (OC *l'uːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	蝳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒沃切
Baxter	dowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/duok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dawk̚/
Li Rong	/dok̚/
Wang Li	/duok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	duk6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2487
Phonetic component	毒
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	毒
Old Chinese	/*duːɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dú (du²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dú
    • Wade–Giles: tu²
    • Yale: dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwu
    • Palladius: ду (du)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dowk

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duːɡ/

Definitions

蝳

1. Only used in 蝳蜍 (dúyú, “spider”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dài (dai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dài
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴
    • Yale: dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: doi⁶
    • Yale: doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²²/

Definitions

蝳

1. Only used in 蝳蝐 (“hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)”).

Zhuang

Verb

蝳

1. Sawndip form of nduk (“to rot”)

Adjective

蝳

1. Sawndip form of nduk (“rotten; vicious”)