螱

螱	U+87B1, 螱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B1

← 螰
[U+87B0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螲 →
[U+87B2]

Translingual

Han character

螱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈中一戈 (SILMI), composition ⿱尉虫)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33501
Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 4
Unihan data for U+87B1

Chinese

trad.		螱
simp. ^#		螱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
尉	quds, qud
熨	quds, quns, *qud
慰	*quds
罻	*quds
犚	*quds
蔚	quds, qud
螱	*quds
褽	*quds
鳚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴
  - Yale: wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai³
  - Yale: wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	螱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於胃切
Baxter	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*quds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螱
Reading #	1/1
No.	12957
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉
Old Chinese	/*quds/
Notes	爾雅異文原從二蟲

Definitions

螱

termite

Japanese

Kanji

螱

(Hyōgai kanji)

termite

Readings

On (unclassified): い (i)
Kun: しろあり (shiroari)