Translingual
Han character
蜮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈口一 (LIIRM), four-corner 53150, composition ⿰虫或)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33176
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2860, character 5
- Unihan data for U+872E
Chinese
simp. and trad.
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蜮
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| alternative forms
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蟈／蝈 Pronunciation 1
魊 mythical creature
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (
或)
(Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 幗
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*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
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| 慖
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*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
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| 簂
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*kʷɯːɡs
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| 蔮
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*kʷɯːɡs
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| 國
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*kʷɯːɡ
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| 或
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*ɡʷɯːɡ
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| 惑
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*ɡʷɯːɡ
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| 蜮
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*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
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| 閾
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*qʰʷrɯɡ
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| 緎
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*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 淢
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*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 域
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*ɢʷrɯɡ
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| 罭
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*ɢʷrɯɡ
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| 棫
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*ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 琙
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*ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 魊
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*ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 馘
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 聝
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 膕
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 摑
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 漍
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 嘓
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 蟈
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 掝
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*qʰʷrɯːɡ
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| 彧
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*qʷrɯɡ
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| 稶
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*qʷɯɡ
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Pronunciation 1
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蜮
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蜮
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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5550
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5555
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Phonetic
component
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或
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或
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Rime
group
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職
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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或
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域
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷɯːɡ/
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/*ɢʷrɯɡ/
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Definitions
蜮
- (Chinese mythology) a small three-legged turtle-like creature that lives in water and spits sand at humans, often forcefully enough to kill them.
- Synonyms: 射工, 射影 (shèyǐng), 短狐, 水弩
- pestilent insect that eats young leaves
Compounds
- 奸同鬼蜮
- 為鬼為蜮 / 为鬼为蜮
- 虺蜮 (huǐyù)
- 鬼蜮
- 鬼蜮伎倆 / 鬼蜮伎俩
Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 蜮 – see 蟈 (“frog or toad”).
(This character is a variant form of 蟈). |
Japanese
Kanji
蜮
(Hyōgai kanji)
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