蝡

蝡	U+8761, 蝡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8761

← 蝠
[U+8760]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝢 →
[U+8762]

Translingual

Han character

蝡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一月大 (LIMBK), four-corner 5113₄, composition ⿰虫耎)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33290
Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2869, character 5
Unihan data for U+8761

Chinese

trad.		蝡/蠕^*
simp.		蠕^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
陾	njɯ, noːʔ
腝	nuːs, njonʔ, *nuːns
堧	noːls, njon
稬	noːls, noːnʔ, *noːns
愞	noːls, noːns, *njonʔ
煗	*noːnʔ
餪	*noːnʔ
渜	noːnʔ, noːns
偄	noːns, njonʔ
瑌	njon, njonʔ
軟	*njonʔ
輭	*njonʔ
蝡	njonʔ, njunʔ
碝	*njonʔ
耎	*njonʔ
緛	*njonʔ
媆	*nuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njonʔ, *njunʔ): semantic 虫 + phonetic 耎 (OC *njonʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruǎn, rú (ruan³, ru²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ, ㄖㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎn
  - Wade–Giles: juan³
  - Yale: rwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
  - Palladius: жуань (žuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rú
  - Wade–Giles: ju²
  - Yale: rú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
  - Palladius: жу (žu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵
  - Yale: yúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

Middle Chinese: nywenX, nywinX

Rime
Character	蝡	蝡
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而兖切	而允切
Baxter	nywenX	nywinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇn^X/	/ȵiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛn^X/	/ȵʷin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuæn^X/	/ȵʑjuen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwian^X/	/ȵwin^X/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛn^X/	/ȵiuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛn^X/	/ȵʑĭuĕn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛn^X/	/ȵʑi̯uĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruǎn	rǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁵	jeon⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*njonʔ/, /*njunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝡	蝡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10904	10914
Phonetic component	耎	耎
Rime group	元	文
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	輭
Old Chinese	/*njonʔ/	/*njunʔ/
Notes	集韻或作蠕	集韻或作蠕

Definitions

蝡

to wriggle; to squirm
wriggling; squirming

Japanese

Kanji

蝡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ぜん (zen)、じゅ (ju)、ねん (nen)、にゅ (nyu)、だ (da)
Kun: うごめく (ugomeku)