螵蛸

Chinese

			octopus
trad. (螵蛸)		螵	蛸
simp. #(螵蛸)		螵	蛸
alternative forms		蜱蛸

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	螵	螵	蛸
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	符霄切	撫招切	相邀切
Baxter	bjiew	phjiew	sjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇu/	/pʰiᴇu/	/siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛu/	/pʰiɛu/	/siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæu/	/pʰjæu/	/sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biaw/	/pʰiaw/	/siaw/
Li Rong	/biɛu/	/pʰiɛu/	/siɛu/
Wang Li	/bĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛu/	/sĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piáo	piāo	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu4	piu1	siu1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螵	螵	蛸
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	9782	9754	13746
Phonetic component	票	票	肖
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	瓢	爂	宵
Old Chinese	/*bew/	/*pʰew/	/*sew/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāoxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāoxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaosiao
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-hsiao¹
    • Yale: pyāu-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaushiau
    • Palladius: пяосяо (pjaosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjiew|phjiew sjew

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bew|pʰew  sew/

Noun

螵蛸

1. egg-case of the praying mantis
2. (literary) Short for 海螵蛸 (hǎipiāoxiāo, “cuttlebone”).

Synonyms

• (cuttlebone): 海螵蛸 (hǎipiāoxiāo), 烏賊骨／乌贼骨 (wūzéigǔ); (Hokkien) 墨賊船／墨贼船

Derived terms

• 桑螵蛸 (sāngpiāoxiāo)
• 海螵蛸 (hǎipiāoxiāo)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
螵	蛸
おおじがふぐり
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Compound of 祖父 (ōji, “grandad, old man”) +‎ が (ga, “-'s”, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 陰嚢 (fuguri, “scrotum”),^[1][2][3][4] presumably from a vague visual similarity. The spelling is from Middle Chinese. First cited in the 本草和名 (Honzō Wamyō, “Japanese Names of Medicinal Plants”), the oldest surviving medical work in Japanese.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおじがふぐり [òójígáfúꜜgùrì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑiɡa̠ɸɯ̟ɡɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

螵蛸(おおじがふぐり) • (ōjigafuguri) ^{←おぽぢがふぐり (opodigafuguri)?}

1. [from 918] a mantis egg case

   Synonyms: (egg case in general) 卵塊 (rankai), 卵鞘 (ranshō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
螵	蛸
ひょう Hyōgai	しょう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Might be from Middle Chinese 螵蛸 (MC phjiew sjew), or might instead be a relatively recent borrowing from written Chinese 螵蛸 (piāoxiāo). This hyōshō pronunciation is not listed in dictionaries consulted to date,^{[1][2][3][4][5]} and online searches of the Japanese web suggest that this pronunciation might be limited to Chinese medicine contexts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

螵(ひょう)蛸(しょう) • (hyōshō) ^{←へうせう (feuseu)?}

1. [date uncertain] (traditional Chinese medicine) a mantis egg case

References

1. “螵蛸”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
2. “螵蛸”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN