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Translingual
Han character
蝟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田月 (LIWB), four-corner 56127, composition ⿰虫胃)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33287
- Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 6
- Unihan data for U+875F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 喟
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*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
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| 胃
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*ɢuds
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| 謂
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*ɢuds
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| 媦
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*ɢuds
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| 蝟
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*ɢuds
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| 渭
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*ɢuds
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| 煟
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*ɢuds
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| 緭
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*ɢuds
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).
Etymology
See 彙／汇 (huì, “hedgehog (obsolete)”)
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蝟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wèi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hjwɨjH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷə-s/
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| English
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porcupine
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蝟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12945
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Phonetic
component
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胃
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Rime
group
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隊
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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胃
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢuds/
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| Notes
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説文同彚
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Definitions
蝟
- hedgehog
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蝟
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蝟 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 蝟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 蝟 (MC hjw+jH).
Pronunciation
Noun
蝟 • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?
- the Chinese name of the 針鼠 (harinezumi, “hedgehog”)
Derived terms
- 蝟集 (ishū, “to gather (like the spines of a hedgehog)”)
Korean
Hanja
蝟 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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