蟂

蟂	U+87C2, 蟂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87C2

← 蟁
[U+87C1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蟃 →
[U+87C3]

Translingual

Han character

蟂 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹日木 (LIHAD), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫梟)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33534
Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2886, character 12
Unihan data for U+87C2

Chinese

trad.		蟂
simp.		𫋇
alternative forms		䳋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梟	*keːw
蟂	*keːw
鄡	*kʰeːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *keːw): semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 梟 (OC *keːw).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāo, jiāo (xiao¹, jiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ, ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): giu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
  - Yale: syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹
  - Yale: jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: giu¹
  - Yale: gīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: giu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: giu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kew

Rime
Character	蟂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古堯切
Baxter	kew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keu/
Pan Wuyun	/keu/
Shao Rongfen	/keu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛw/
Li Rong	/keu/
Wang Li	/kieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*keːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟂
Reading #	1/1
No.	13676
Phonetic component	梟
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	驍
Old Chinese	/*keːw/
Notes	見漢書

Definitions

蟂

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) otter or any animal resembling one