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Translingual
Han character
蜈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口一大 (LIRMK) or 中戈口女大 (LIRVK), four-corner 56134, composition ⿰虫吳(THJK) or ⿰虫吴(G))
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33099
- Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2855, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8708
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 吳
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*ŋʷaː
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| 蜈
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*ŋʷaː
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| 鋘
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*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
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| 麌
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*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
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| 祦
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*ŋaː
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| 誤
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*ŋʷaːs
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| 悞
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*ŋʷaːs
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| 娛
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*ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
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| 虞
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*ŋʷa
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| 澞
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*ŋʷa
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| 鸆
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*ŋʷa
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| 俁
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*ŋʷaʔ
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| 噳
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*ŋʷaʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 吳 (OC *ŋʷaː).
Pronunciation
Note:
- giâ - vernacular;
- ngô͘/gô͘ - literary.
Note:
- ghê5 - vernacular;
- ghou5 - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蜈
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13095
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Phonetic
component
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吳
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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吾
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋʷaː/
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| Notes
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廣雅作吳公
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Definitions
蜈
- Only used in 蜈蚣 (wúgōng, “centipede”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蜈
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
- On (unclassified): ご (go)
Korean
Hanja
蜈 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)
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Tày
Noun
蜈 (transliteration needed)
- Nôm form of ngù (“snake”).
References
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội