螝

螝	U+879D, 螝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879D

← 螜
[U+879C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螞 →
[U+879E]

Translingual

Han character

螝 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹山戈 (LIHUI), four-corner 5611₃, composition ⿰虫鬼)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33424
Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2879, character 3
Unihan data for U+879D

Chinese

trad.		螝
simp. ^#		螝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謉	tkuːlʔ, krul
瑰	kuːl, ɡuːl
傀	kuːl, kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	kʰuːlʔ, qulʔ
塊	kʰuːls, kʰruːds
嵬	ŋɡuːl, ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	ɡuːl, ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	ɡuːlʔ, qruːl
螝	ɡuːls, krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	krul, kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	ŋul, ŋuls

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì, guì, huǐ (hui⁴, gui⁴, hui³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄍㄨㄟˋ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴
  - Yale: hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
  - Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
  - Yale: gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
  - Wade–Giles: hui³
  - Yale: hwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
  - Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: kwij, hwojH

Rime
Character	螝	螝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居追切	胡對切
Baxter	kwij	hwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪ/	/ɦuʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚi/	/ɦuoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪ/	/ɣuɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwi/	/ɦwəj^H/
Li Rong	/kjui/	/ɣuᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/kwi/	/ɣuɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwi/	/ɣuɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai¹	wui⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːls/, /*krul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螝	螝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4675	4680
Phonetic component	鬼	鬼
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	潰	龜
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːls/	/*krul/

Definitions

螝

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) pupa; chrysalis
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 虺