蚯

蚯	U+86AF, 蚯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86AF

← 蚮
[U+86AE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蚰 →
[U+86B0]

Translingual

Han character

蚯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一 (LIOM), four-corner 5211₁, composition ⿰虫丘)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32916
Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 12
Unihan data for U+86AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚯
2nd round simp.		丘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
丘	*kʰʷɯ
邱	*kʰʷɯ
蚯	*kʰʷɯ
丠	*kʰʷɯ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiū (qiu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
  - Yale: chyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
  - Palladius: цю (cju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau¹
  - Yale: yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiu
  - Tâi-lô: khiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu³³/

Middle Chinese: khjuw

Rime
Character	蚯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去鳩切
Baxter	khjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuw/
Li Rong	/kʰiu/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰə/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蚯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiū
Middle Chinese	‹ khjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷʰə/
English	蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚯
Reading #	1/1
No.	10525
Phonetic component	丘
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丘
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷɯ/
Notes	見禮記

Definitions

蚯

only used in 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, “earthworm”)

Japanese

Kanji

蚯

(Hyōgai kanji)

earthworm

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)

Compounds

蚯蚓(みみず) (mimizu), 蚯蚓(きゅういん) (kyūin)

Korean

Hanja

蚯 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

(지렁이) earthworm, rainworm

Synonyms

地龍 (지룡, jiryong)
地龍子 (지룡자, jiryongja)
蚓 (인, in)
蚯 (구, gu)
蚯蚓 (구인, guin)

Compounds

蚯蚓 (구인, guin) earthworm