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U+8685, 蚅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8685

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹尸山 (LIHSU), four-corner 51112, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32844
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2837, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+8685

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qreːɡ) : semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *qreːɡ).

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (119)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter 'eak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/æk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
e
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ak1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2709
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qreːɡ/

Definitions

  1. moth larvae