虸

虸	U+8678, 虸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8678

← 虷
[U+8677]

CJK Unified Ideographs

虹 →
[U+8679]

Translingual

Han character

虸 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓木 (LIND), composition ⿰虫子)

(obsolete) pests that eat the leaves of crops

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32825
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2835, character 16
Unihan data for U+8678

Chinese

simp. and trad.		虸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孜	*ʔslɯ
仔	ʔslɯ, ʔslɯʔ
孖	ʔslɯ, zlɯs
子	*ʔslɯʔ
虸	*ʔslɯʔ
耔	*ʔslɯʔ
秄	*ʔslɯʔ
杍	*ʔslɯʔ
籽	*ʔslɯʔ
字	*zlɯs
茡	*zlɯs
芓	*zlɯs
牸	*zlɯs
李	*rɯʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³
  - Yale: dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsiX

Rime
Character	虸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即里切
Baxter	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虸
Reading #	1/1
No.	17859
Phonetic component	子
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	子
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Definitions

虸

only used in 虸蚄 (zǐfāng)

Vietnamese

Han character

虸: Nôm readings: tửa^[1]

chữ Nôm form of tửa (“maggots”)

References

^ Trần (2004).