蝞

蝞	U+875E, 蝞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875E

← 蝝
[U+875D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝟 →
[U+875F]

Translingual

Han character

蝞 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日竹山 (LIAHU), four-corner 5716₇, composition ⿰虫眉)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33284
Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2874, character 7
Unihan data for U+875E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眉	*mril
楣	*mril
嵋	*bril
湄	*mril
鶥	*mril
瑂	*mril
郿	mril, mrils
葿	*mril
媚	*mrils
篃	*mrils
蝞	*mrills
煝	*mrils

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: mijH

Rime
Character	蝞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	明祕切
Baxter	mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji^H/
Li Rong	/mji^H/
Wang Li	/mi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mrills/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝞
Reading #	1/1
No.	8949
Phonetic component	眉
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿
Old Chinese	/*mrills/

Definitions

蝞

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) an edible aquatic crustacean