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Translingual
Han character
螫 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI), four-corner 48136, composition ⿱赦虫)
- poison
- sting
- poisonous insect
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 48
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33491
- Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2882, character 15
- Unihan data for U+87AB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 浾
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*sqraː
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| 嚇
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*qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
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| 赦
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*hljaɡs
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| 郝
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*qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
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| 赫
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*qʰraːɡ
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| 爀
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*qʰraːɡ
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| 赤
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*kʰljaɡ
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| 烾
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*kʰljaɡ
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| 螫
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*qʰjaːɡ
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| 赥
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*qʰleːɡ
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| 捇
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*qʰʷreːɡ
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| 焃
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*qʰʷreːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰjaːɡ) : phonetic 赦 (OC *hljaɡs) + semantic 虫 (“bug”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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螫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syek ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Ak/
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| English
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sting (v.)
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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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螫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1481
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Phonetic
component
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赤
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Rime
group
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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釋
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰjaːɡ/
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Definitions
螫
- (literary or Hokkien) to sting; to bite (of venomous insects such as spiders, bees, etc.)
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to use one's beak to bite or tug (of ducks, geese, etc.)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
螫
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings