孑孓

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See also: 𡤼孒

Chinese

alone; mosquito larvae; small larvae of mosquito
simp. and trad.
(孑孓) 		孑 孓
alternative forms 𡤼孒
孑孒
蛣蟩
孑孓。

Glyph origin

Via deformations of the character 子 (“child”). The individual characters originally meant “without a right arm” and “without a left arm” (Shuowen Jiezi).

Etymology

Related to 詰屈 (“bending; twisting”) (Wang Niansun).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 孑 孓 孓 孓
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 薛 (83) 月 (68) 物 (60) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed Open
Division (等) III III III III
Fanqie 居列切 居月切 九勿切 居悚切
Baxter kjet kjwot kjut kjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiᴇt̚/ /kʉɐt̚/ /kɨut̚/ /kɨoŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiɛt̚/ /kʷiɐt̚/ /kiut̚/ /kioŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiæt̚/ /kiuɐt̚/ /kiuət̚/ /kioŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiat̚/ /kuat̚/ /kut̚/ /kuawŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kjɛt̚/ /kiuɐt̚/ /kiuət̚/ /kioŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɛt̚/ /kĭwɐt̚/ /kĭuət̚/ /kĭwoŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɛt̚/ /ki̯wɐt̚/ /ki̯uət̚/ /ki̯woŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jie jue ju jiǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		git3 gyut3 gwat1 gung2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 孑 孓 孓 孓
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 6435 7225 7223 7224
Phonetic
component 		孑 孓 孒 孓
Rime
group 		月 月 物 東
Rime
subdivision 		2 1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		孑 厥 拱
Old
Chinese 		/*ked/ /*kʷad/ /*kʷɯd/ /*kʷoŋʔ/
Notes 原作孒 原作孒

Noun

孑孓

  1. mosquito larva; wriggler

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 孑孓
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 跟頭蟲兒
Taiwan 孑孓
Langfang 跟頭蟲兒
Harbin 跟頭蟲兒
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 跟頭蟲兒
Cangzhou 跟頭蟲
Baoding 跟頭蟲兒
Shijiazhuang 跟頭蟲
Jinan 跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 打老鬼, 孑孓
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓
Daming 跟頭蟲兒
Wanrong 顛倒子, 水擔圪斗
Xuzhou 孑孓, 跟頭蟲
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 跟頭蟲
Ürümqi 跟頭蟲
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子
Wuhan 跟頭蟲
Guiyang 跟斗蟲
Guilin 孑孓
Liuzhou 跟斗蟲
Nanning (Wuming) 沙蟲, 孑孓
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 蠓蟲
Cantonese Guangzhou 孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲
Hong Kong 孑孓, 沙蟲
Kaiping (Chikan) 逕蟲
Nanning 沙蟲
Nanning (Tanka) 沙蟲
Wuzhou 沙蟲
Yulin 曲曲蛆
Hepu (Lianzhou) 沙蟲
Gan Pingxiang 沙蟲
Hakka Meixian 屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔
Wuhua (Huacheng) 沙蟲
Yudu 沙蟲子
Huizhou Jixi 打滾蟲
Jin Taiyuan 道跌子
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 道跌子
Pingyao 卜來來
Xinzhou 吊孑子
Zhangjiakou 耍錢棍兒
Handan 跟頭蟲子
Northern Min Jian'ou 變魚蟲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 把啷鼓墜
Southern Min Xiamen 車蛆, 蛆
Quanzhou 車蛆, 蛆
Jinjiang 車蛆
Zhangzhou 車蛆, 蛆
Tainan 水蛆
Zhangping (Yongfu) 末仔
Shantou 蛆
Jieyang 蛆, 大頭蛆
Leizhou 蛆蟲
Haikou 雨蟲
Puxian Min Putian 蛆, 蛆蟲
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 蛆
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 蛆
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 蛆蟲
Xianyou 蛆
Xianyou (Fengting) 蛆
Xianyou (Youyang) 蛆
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 蠓蟲
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 沙蟲
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 沙蟲
Wu Shanghai 打拳蛆
Shanghai (Chongming) 孓襻蟲
Suzhou 打拳蟲
Danyang 水孑孓, 彎蟲
Hangzhou 倒督蟲兒
Ningbo 棲蟲
Wenzhou 蛆蟲
Jinhua 骨骨蟲, 各各蟲
Jinhua (Tangxi) 糞缸蟲
Xiang Changsha 沙蟲子
Loudi 紅紗蟲

Adjective

孑孓

  1. (ideophonic, obsolete, of an animal's body) bending and stretching
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