蝖

蝖	U+8756, 蝖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8756

← 蝕
[U+8755]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝗 →
[U+8757]

Translingual

Han character

蝖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十一一 (LIJMM), four-corner 5311₆, composition ⿰虫宣)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33266
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2873, character 8
Unihan data for U+8756

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烜	qʰrolʔ, qʰonʔ
貆	qʰoːn, ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	ɡoːn, ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	ɡoːn, kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	ɡʷaːn, ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	sqʰʷan, qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
  - Yale: sywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: xjwon

Rime
Character	蝖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	況袁切
Baxter	xjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huan/
Li Rong	/xiuɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝖
Reading #	1/1
No.	14015
Phonetic component	亘
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暄
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷan/

Definitions

蝖

used in 蝖螜 ("scarab beetle grub")
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fly