蜹

See also: 蚋

蜹	U+8739, 蜹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8739

← 蜸
[U+8738]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜺 →
[U+873A]

Translingual

Han character

蜹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿人月 (LITOB), composition ⿰虫芮)

gnat, mosquito

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33201
Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 22
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2853, character 9
Unihan data for U+8739

Chinese

trad.		蜹
simp. ^#		蜹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妠	nuːms, nuːb, *rnoːd
內	*nuːbs
笍	tnobs, njobs
芮	*njobs
枘	*njobs
汭	*njobs
鈉	*njobs
蜹	njobs, lobs, *njod
抐	nuːns, nuːd
納	*nuːb
衲	*nuːb
魶	nuːb, noːb
軜	*nuːb
蒳	*nuːb
豽	*rnuːd
肭	rnuːd, nuːd, *nuɡ
吶	*nod
焫	*njod
訥	*nuːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruì (rui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
  - Wade–Giles: jui⁴
  - Yale: rwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
  - Palladius: жуй (žuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jeoi⁶
  - Yale: yeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²²/

Middle Chinese: nywejH, ywejH, nywet

Rime
Character	蜹	蜹	蜹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	以 (36)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)	祭 (36)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	而銳切	以芮切	如劣切
Baxter	nywejH	ywejH	nywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇi^H/	/jiuᴇi^H/	/ȵiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛi^H/	/jʷiɛi^H/	/ȵʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuæi^H/	/iuæi^H/	/ȵʑjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwiaj^H/	/jwiaj^H/	/ȵwiat̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛi^H/	/iuɛi^H/	/ȵiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛi^H/	/jĭwɛi^H/	/ȵʑĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛi^H/	/i̯wɛi^H/	/ȵʑi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruì	wèi	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeoi⁶	jeoi⁶	jyut⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*njobs/, /*lobs/, /*njod/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜹	蜹	蜹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9388	9389	9402
Phonetic component	內	內	內
Rime group	蓋	蓋	月
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime		銳	爇
Old Chinese	/*njobs/	/*lobs/	/*njod/

Definitions

蜹

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Japanese

Kanji

蜹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ぜい (zei)
Kun: ぶよ (buyo, 蜹)、ぶゆ (buyu, 蜹)、ぶと (buto, 蜹)