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U+87E3, 蟣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87E3

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女戈戈 (LIVII), four-corner 52153, composition )

  1. nit egg of a louse
  2. foam

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33596
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2894, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+87E3

Chinese

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (20)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨjX/
Li
Rong
/kiəiX/
Wang
Li
/kĭəiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ke̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 5799
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯlʔ/

Definitions

  1. egg of a louse; nit
  2. (literary) foam above wine
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (30)
Final () (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gɨj/
Li
Rong
/ɡiəi/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ge̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.əj/ (not in GSR)
English leech

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 5805
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡɯl/

Definitions

  1. (literary) leech

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. louse eggs
  2. nits

Readings

  • On (unclassified): (ki) (ke) (ge)
  • Kun: しらみ (shirami)

Korean

Hanja

(eum (gi))

  1. nits
  2. leech