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See also:
U+873A, 蜺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-873A

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹難山 (LIHXU), four-corner 57117, composition )

  1. cicada
  2. reflection of rainbow

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33202
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+873A

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“secondary rainbow”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (39) (87)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter ngej nget
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋei/ /ŋet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋei/ /ŋet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɛi/ /ŋɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛj/ /ŋɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋei/ /ŋet̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋiei/ /ŋiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋiei/ /ŋiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngai4 jit6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2737 2760
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeː/ /*ŋeː/

Definitions

  1. Meimuna opalifera

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. reflection of rainbow

Readings

  • Go-on: (ge)
  • Kan-on: げい (gei)
  • Kun: つくつくぼうし (tsukutsukubōshi)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(ye) (hangeul , revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

  1. cicada
  2. secondary rainbow