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蛆 U+86C6, 蛆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C6
← 蛅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛇 →

Translingual

Han character

蛆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月一 (LIBM), four-corner 57110, composition ⿰虫且)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32963
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+86C6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蛆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虘 *zaːl, *zaː
蔖 *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣 *rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓 *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚 *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝 *ʔsjaː
謯 *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐 *ʔsjaːʔ
抯 *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷 *ʔsjaːʔ
且 *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄 *sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡 *sʰjaːs
查 *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤 *ʔsraː
樝 *ʔsraː
皻 *ʔsraː
渣 *ʔsraː
楂 *zraː
苴 *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租 *ʔsaː
蒩 *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖 *ʔsaːʔ
組 *ʔsaːʔ
珇 *ʔsaːʔ
靻 *ʔsaːʔ
粗 *sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂 *zaː
殂 *zaː
麆 *zaːʔ, *zras
伹 *zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆 *ʔsa, *sʰa
沮 *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀 *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽 *sʰa
雎 *sʰa
狙 *sʰa, *sʰas
岨 *sʰa
砠 *sʰa
坥 *sʰa, *sʰas
刞 *sʰas
覰 *sʰas
覷 *sʰas
跙 *zaʔ
筯 *das
菹 *ʔsra
葅 *ʔsra
阻 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎 *ʔsraʔ
詛 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏 *zra, *zraʔ
豠 *zra
鋤 *zra
耡 *zra, *zras
齟 *zraʔ
助 *zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsa, *sʰa): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ce1 - vernacular;
  • zu1 - literary.
Rime
Character 蛆
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七余切
Baxter tshjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰɨə̆/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiɔ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛆
Reading # 2/2
No. 10420
Phonetic
component 		且
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		疽
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰa/

Definitions

蛆

  1. maggot
  2. (figurative, derogatory) despicable person
  3. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva
  4. (Taiwan, neologism, slang, derogatory) supporters of Kuomintang (KMT)
    Synonyms: 蛆蛆, 藍蛆 / 蓝蛆
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 孑孓
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 跟頭蟲兒
Taiwan 孑孓
Langfang 跟頭蟲兒
Harbin 跟頭蟲兒
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 跟頭蟲兒
Cangzhou 跟頭蟲
Baoding 跟頭蟲兒
Shijiazhuang 跟頭蟲
Jinan 跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 打老鬼, 孑孓
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓
Daming 跟頭蟲兒
Wanrong 顛倒子, 水擔圪斗
Xuzhou 孑孓, 跟頭蟲
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 跟頭蟲
Ürümqi 跟頭蟲
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子
Wuhan 跟頭蟲
Guiyang 跟斗蟲
Guilin 孑孓
Liuzhou 跟斗蟲
Nanning (Wuming) 沙蟲, 孑孓
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 蠓蟲
Cantonese Guangzhou 孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲
Hong Kong 孑孓, 沙蟲
Kaiping (Chikan) 逕蟲
Nanning 沙蟲
Nanning (Tanka) 沙蟲
Wuzhou 沙蟲
Yulin 曲曲蛆
Hepu (Lianzhou) 沙蟲
Gan Pingxiang 沙蟲
Hakka Meixian 屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔
Wuhua (Huacheng) 沙蟲
Yudu 沙蟲子
Huizhou Jixi 打滾蟲
Fuliang 水蛆
Jin Taiyuan 道跌子
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 道跌子
Pingyao 卜來來
Xinzhou 吊孑子
Zhangjiakou 耍錢棍兒
Handan 跟頭蟲子
Northern Min Jian'ou 變魚蟲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 把啷鼓墜
Southern Min Xiamen 車蛆, 蛆
Quanzhou 車蛆, 蛆
Jinjiang 車蛆
Zhangzhou 車蛆, 蛆
Tainan 水蛆
Zhangping (Yongfu) 末仔
Shantou 蛆
Jieyang 蛆, 大頭蛆
Leizhou 蛆蟲
Haikou 雨蟲
Puxian Min Putian 蛆, 蛆蟲
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 蛆
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 蛆
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 蛆蟲
Xianyou 蛆
Xianyou (Fengting) 蛆
Xianyou (Youyang) 蛆
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 蠓蟲
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 沙蟲
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 沙蟲
Wu Shanghai 打拳蛆
Shanghai (Chongming) 孓襻蟲
Suzhou 打拳蟲
Danyang 水孑孓, 彎蟲
Hangzhou 倒督蟲兒
Ningbo 棲蟲
Wenzhou 蛆蟲
Jinhua 骨骨蟲, 各各蟲
Jinhua (Tangxi) 糞缸蟲
Xiang Changsha 沙蟲子
Loudi 紅紗蟲
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “KMT supporters”): 吱 (zhī, “DPP supporters”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蛆
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子魚切
Baxter tsjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɔ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sɨə̆/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɔ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zeoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛆
Reading # 1/2
No. 10414
Phonetic
component 		且
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		且
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsa/

Definitions

蛆

  1. only used in 蝍蛆 (jíjū)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

蛆

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: そ (so)
  • Kan-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kun: うじ (uji, 蛆)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛆
うじ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蛆 – see the following entry.
【うじウジ】
(less common) larva, maggot
Alternative spelling
蜡
(This term, 蛆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

蛆 (eum 저 (jeo))

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