蝍蛆

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Chinese

a centipede maggot
simp. and trad.
(蝍蛆)
alternative forms 蝍且

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3 3/3 2/2
Initial () (13) (13) (13)
Final () (87) (134) (22)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV III III
Fanqie
Baxter tset tsik tsjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡set̚/ /t͡sɨk̚/ /t͡sɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡set̚/ /t͡sɨk̚/ /t͡siɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɛt̚/ /t͡siek̚/ /t͡siɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɛt̚/ /t͡sik̚/ /t͡sɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡set̚/ /t͡siək̚/ /t͡siɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡siet̚/ /t͡sĭək̚/ /t͡sĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡siet̚/ /t͡si̯ək̚/ /t͡si̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie ji
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zit3 zik1 zeoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 3/3 1/2
No. 5714 5728 10414
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsiːɡ/ /*ʔsɯɡ/ /*ʔsa/

Noun

蝍蛆

  1. (literary) Alternative name for 蜈蚣 (wúgōng, “centipede”).
  2. (literary) Alternative name for 蟋蟀 (xīshuài, “cricket”).

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
むかで
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 蝍蛆 – see the following entry.
百足むかで
a centipede
Alternative spellings
蜈蚣, 蜈蜙, ムカデ, むかぜ
(This term, 蝍蛆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)