蟪

蟪	U+87EA, 蟪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87EA

← 蟩
[U+87E9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蟫 →
[U+87EB]

Translingual

Han character

蟪 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十戈心 (LIJIP), four-corner 5513₃, composition ⿰虫惠)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33610
Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2890, character 1
Unihan data for U+87EA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
韢	*skʰʷeds
繐	sqʰʷeds, ɢʷiːds
憓	*ɢʷiːds
潓	*ɢʷiːds
惠	*ɢʷiːds
蟪	*ɢʷiːds
蕙	*ɢʷiːds
橞	*ɢʷiːds
譓	*ɢʷiːds
鏸	*ɢʷiːds
穗	*sɢʷids

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁶
  - Yale: waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: hwejH

Rime
Character	蟪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡桂切
Baxter	hwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛj^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuei^H/
Wang Li	/ɣiwei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiwei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷiːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟪
Reading #	1/1
No.	5484
Phonetic component	惠
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	慧
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷiːds/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

蟪

only used in 蟪蛄 (huìgū)

Japanese

Kanji

蟪

(Hyōgai kanji)

kind of cicada

Readings

On (unclassified): けい (kei)、え (e)
Kun: つくつくぼうし (tsukutsukubōshi)