螬

螬	U+87AC, 螬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AC

← 螫
[U+87AB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螭 →
[U+87AD]

Translingual

Han character

螬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿田日 (LITWA), four-corner 5426₇, composition ⿰虫曹)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 49
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33493
Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2884, character 2
Unihan data for U+87AC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螬
2nd round simp.		⿰虫早

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
遭	*ʔsluː
糟	*ʔsluː
醩	*ʔsluːu
傮	*ʔsluː
槽	ʔsluː, zluː
曹	*zluː
螬	*zluː
漕	zluː, zluːs
嘈	*zluː
艚	*zluː
褿	*zluː
蓸	*zluː
慒	lju, zluːŋ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáo (cao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao²
  - Yale: tsáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
  - Palladius: цао (cao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cou⁴
  - Yale: chòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzaw

Rime
Character	螬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨勞切
Baxter	dzaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zaw/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑu/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zluː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螬
Reading #	1/1
No.	1155
Phonetic component	曹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	曹
Old Chinese	/*zluː/

Definitions

螬

only used in 蠐螬／蛴螬 (qícáo, “scarab beetle grub”)

Japanese

Kanji

螬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): そう (sō)、ぞう (zō)、しゅう (shū)、じゅ (ju)