蜱

蜱	U+8731, 蜱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8731

← 蜰
[U+8730]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜲 →
[U+8732]

Translingual

Han character

蜱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹田十 (LIHWJ), four-corner 5614₀, composition ⿰虫卑)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33182
Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 9
Unihan data for U+8731

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	breː, breː
郫	breː, bre, *be
蠯	breː, be, *breːŋʔ
猈	breːʔ, breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	peː, pe, *peʔ
錍	pʰeː, pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	pʰeːs, pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	beː, pe, peʔ, peːŋʔ
椑	beː, pe, beɡ, beːɡ
崥	beː, peʔ
髀	beːʔ, peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	pe, pʰiɡ
裨	pe, be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	peʔ, beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	be, mbew
焷	*be
螷	be, breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	beɡ, slɯʔ
綼	biɡ, peːɡ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pí (pi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pí
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pí
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi²
  - Yale: pí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei⁴
  - Yale: pèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
  - Tâi-lô: pi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: py
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bi
  - MiniDict: bi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²³/

Middle Chinese: bjie

Rime
Character	蜱
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符支切
Baxter	bjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆/
Li Rong	/bie/
Wang Li	/bǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*be/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜱
Reading #	1/2
No.	390
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陴
Old Chinese	/*be/

Definitions

蜱

tick (the parasitic arachnid)

Synonyms

壁蝨／壁虱 (bìshī)
蝨子／虱子 (shīzi)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miáo (miao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
  - Wade–Giles: miao²
  - Yale: myáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: mjiew

Rime
Character	蜱
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彌遙切
Baxter	mjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw/
Li Rong	/miɛu/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mbew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜱
Reading #	2/2
No.	397
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*mbew/

Definitions

蜱

(historical dictionaries only) Name of a kind of insect.

Compounds

蜱蛸 (piāoxiāo)

Japanese

Kanji

蜱

(Hyōgai kanji)

mite
tick

Kanji in this term
蜱
だに Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Readings

Go-on: び (bi)、びょう (byō)
Kan-on: ひ (hi)、ひょう (hyō)
Kun: だに (dani, 蜱)

Noun

蜱(だに) or 蜱(ダニ) • (dani)

rare spelling of 壁蝨 (“mite; tick”)