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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
螵
|
螵
|
蛸
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| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
並 (3)
|
滂 (2)
|
心 (16)
|
| Final (韻)
|
宵 (91)
|
宵 (91)
|
宵 (91)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
符霄切
|
撫招切
|
相邀切
|
| Baxter
|
bjiew
|
phjiew
|
sjew
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/biᴇu/
|
/pʰiᴇu/
|
/siᴇu/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/biɛu/
|
/pʰiɛu/
|
/siɛu/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/bjæu/
|
/pʰjæu/
|
/sjæu/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/biaw/
|
/pʰiaw/
|
/siaw/
|
Li
Rong
|
/biɛu/
|
/pʰiɛu/
|
/siɛu/
|
Wang
Li
|
/bĭɛu/
|
/pʰĭɛu/
|
/sĭɛu/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/bʱi̯ɛu/
|
/pʰi̯ɛu/
|
/si̯ɛu/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
piáo
|
piāo
|
xiāo
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
piu4
|
piu1
|
siu1
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
螵
|
螵
|
蛸
|
| Reading #
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
9782
|
9754
|
13746
|
Phonetic
component
|
票
|
票
|
肖
|
Rime
group
|
宵
|
宵
|
宵
|
Rime
subdivision
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
瓢
|
爂
|
宵
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*bew/
|
/*pʰew/
|
/*sew/
|
Noun
螵蛸
- egg-case of the praying mantis
- (literary) Short for 海螵蛸 (hǎipiāoxiāo, “cuttlebone”).
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 桑螵蛸 (sāngpiāoxiāo)
- 海螵蛸 (hǎipiāoxiāo)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of 祖父 (ōji, “grandad, old man”) + が (ga, “-'s”, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 陰嚢 (fuguri, “scrotum”),[1][2][3][4] presumably from a vague visual similarity. The spelling is from Middle Chinese. First cited in the 本草和名 (Honzō Wamyō, “Japanese Names of Medicinal Plants”), the oldest surviving medical work in Japanese.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
螵蛸 • (ōjigafuguri) ←おぽぢがふぐり (opodigafuguri)?
- a mantis egg case
- Synonyms: (egg case in general) 卵塊 (rankai), 卵鞘 (ranshō)
Etymology 2
Might be from Middle Chinese 螵蛸 (MC phjiew sjew), or might instead be a relatively recent borrowing from written Chinese 螵蛸 (piāoxiāo). This hyōshō pronunciation is not listed in dictionaries consulted to date,[1][2][3][4][5] and online searches of the Japanese web suggest that this pronunciation might be limited to Chinese medicine contexts.
Pronunciation
Noun
螵蛸 • (hyōshō) ←へうせう (feuseu)?
- (traditional Chinese medicine) a mantis egg case
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “螵蛸”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “螵蛸”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN