蝳

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蝳 U+8773, 蝳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8773
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蝴 →

Translingual

Han character

蝳 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手一卜 (LIQMY), four-corner 55157, composition ⿰虫毒)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1091, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33236
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2867, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8773

Chinese

trad. 蝳
simp. # 蝳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瑇 *dɯːɡs, *duːɡ
纛 *duːɡs, *duːɡ
碡 *doːɡ, *duːɡ, *duɡ
毒 *l'uːɡ
蝳 *duːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duːɡ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 毒 (OC *l'uːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 蝳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 沃 (6)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒沃切
Baxter dowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/dok̚/
Wang
Li 		/duok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱuok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		duk6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝳
Reading # 1/1
No. 2487
Phonetic
component 		毒
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		毒
Old
Chinese 		/*duːɡ/

Definitions

蝳

  1. Only used in 蝳蜍 (dúchú, “spider”).

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

蝳

  1. Only used in 蝳蝐 (“hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)”).

Zhuang

Verb

蝳

  1. Sawndip form of nduk (“to rot”)

Adjective

蝳

  1. Sawndip form of nduk (“rotten; vicious”)
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