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Translingual
Han character
蚯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一 (LIOM), four-corner 52111, composition ⿰虫丘)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32916
- Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 12
- Unihan data for U+86AF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 丘
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*kʰʷɯ
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| 邱
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*kʰʷɯ
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| 蚯
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*kʰʷɯ
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| 丠
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*kʰʷɯ
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蚯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷʰə/
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| English
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蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蚯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10525
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Phonetic
component
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丘
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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丘
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰʷɯ/
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| Notes
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見禮記
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Definitions
蚯
- Only used in 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, “earthworm”).
Japanese
Kanji
蚯
(Hyōgai kanji)
- earthworm
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
蚯 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
- (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm
Synonyms
Compounds