蝎

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See also: 蠍
蝎 U+874E, 蝎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-874E
← 蝍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蝏 →

Translingual

Han character

蝎 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日心女 (LIAPV), four-corner 56127, composition ⿰虫曷)

  1. scorpion
  2. bedbug

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33254
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+874E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蝎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (曷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
愒 *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤 *qaːds
靄 *qaːds, *qaːd
餲 *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝 *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭 *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈 *ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲 *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛 *kaːd
輵 *kaːd
獦 *klaːd, *rab
渴 *kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑 *kʰaːd
暍 *qʰaːd, *qad
曷 *ɡaːd
褐 *ɡaːd
鶡 *ɡaːd
毼 *ɡaːd
蝎 *ɡaːd
鞨 *ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏 *qaːd
齃 *qaːd
堨 *qaːd
擖 *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬 *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅 *kʰrad
藒 *kʰrad
竭 *ɡrad, *ɡad
碣 *ɡrad, *ɡad
羯 *kad
鍻 *kad
歇 *qʰad
蠍 *qʰad
謁 *qad

Etymology 1

trad. 蝎
simp. # 蝎

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蝎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 曷 (63)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡葛切
Baxter hat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦat̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑt̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hé
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hot6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝎
Reading # 1/1
No. 5034
Phonetic
component 		曷
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		曷
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːd/

Definitions

蝎

  1. insect that eats wood
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see 蠍 (“scorpion”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 蠍).
Notes:

Compounds

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see 虹 (“rainbow; primary rainbow; bridge; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 虹).

References

Japanese

Kanji

蝎

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. scorpion

Readings

  • Go-on: がち (gachi)
  • Kan-on: かつ (katsu)
  • Kun: すくもむし (sukumomushi)、さそり (sasori)

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蝎
さそり
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see the following entry.
【蠍さそり】H
a scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones)
Alternative spelling
サソリ
(This term, 蝎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

蝎 • (gal) (hangeul 갈, revised gal, McCune–Reischauer kal, Yale kal)

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Readings 1

Readings 2

Vietnamese

Han character

蝎: Hán Nôm readings: hạt, rết, rít, yết

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