螘

螘	U+8798, 螘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8798

← 螗
[U+8797]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螙 →
[U+8799]

Translingual

Han character

螘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山一廿 (LIUMT), four-corner 5211₈, composition ⿰虫豈)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33415
Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 11
Unihan data for U+8798

Chinese

trad.		螘
simp.		𰲹
alternative forms		𧔮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 螘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
獃	tŋɯː, ŋɯː
剴	kŋɯːl, ŋɯːl
凱	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
愷	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
塏	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
鎧	ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, ŋ̊ʰɯːls
颽	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
暟	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
闓	ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, ŋ̊ʰɯːls
豈	ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
隑	ɡɯːls, ŋɯːl
皚	*ŋɯːl
嵦	*ŋɡɯːl
敳	*ŋɯːl
磑	ŋɯːl, ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘	ŋralʔ, ŋɯlʔ
覬	*krɯls
溰	*ŋɯl
顗	*ŋɯlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
  - Wade–Giles: i³
  - Yale: yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁵
  - Yale: ngáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: ngjeX, ngj+jX

Rime
Character	螘	螘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚倚切	魚豈切
Baxter	ngjeX	ngj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇ^X/	/ŋɨi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛ^X/	/ŋɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛ^X/	/ŋiəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆^X/	/ŋɨj^X/
Li Rong	/ŋje^X/	/ŋiəi^X/
Wang Li	/ŋǐe^X/	/ŋĭəi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋie̯^X/	/ŋe̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁵	ji⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʰəjʔ/, /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋralʔ/, /*ŋɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	螘	螘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjɨj^X ›	‹ ngje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m-qʰəjʔ/	/*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
English	ant	ant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螘	螘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10120	10125
Phonetic component	豈	豈
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		顗
Old Chinese	/*ŋralʔ/	/*ŋɯlʔ/

Definitions

螘

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蟻 / 蚁 (yǐ, “ant”)

Compounds

朾螘 / 朾𰲹
綠螘

Japanese

Kanji

螘

(Hyōgai kanji)

alternative form of 蟻

Readings

Go-on: ぎ (gi)
Kan-on: ぎ (gi)
Kun: あり (ari, 螘)

Korean

Hanja

螘 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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