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Translingual
Han character
蝴 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十口月 (LIJRB), four-corner 57120, composition ⿰虫胡)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1091, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33328
- Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2868, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8774
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 箇
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*kaːls
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| 個
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*kaːls
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| 居
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*kɯ, *kas
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| 橭
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*kaː, *kʰaː
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| 嫴
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*kaː
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| 姑
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*kaː
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| 辜
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*kaː
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| 酤
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*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
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| 蛄
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*kaː
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| 鴣
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*kaː
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| 沽
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*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
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| 盬
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*kaː, *kaːʔ
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| 古
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*kaːʔ
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| 罟
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*kaːʔ
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| 估
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*kaːʔ
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| 鈷
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*kaːʔ
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| 詁
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*kaːʔ
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| 牯
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*kaːʔ
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| 故
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*kaːs
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| 固
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*kaːs
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| 稒
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*kaːɡs
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| 痼
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*kaːɡs
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| 錮
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*kaːɡs
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| 鯝
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*kaːɡs
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| 棝
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*kaːɡs
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| 凅
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*kaːɡs
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| 枯
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*kʰaː
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| 軲
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*kʰaː
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| 跍
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*kʰaː
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| 骷
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*kʰaː
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| 苦
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*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
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| 葫
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*qʰaː, *ɡaː
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| 餬
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*ɡaː
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| 瑚
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*ɡaː
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| 湖
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*ɡaː
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| 鶘
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*ɡaː
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| 猢
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*ɡaː
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| 醐
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*ɡaː
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| 糊
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*ɡaː
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| 箶
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*ɡaː
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| 蝴
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*ɡaː
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| 胡
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*ɡaː
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| 瓳
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*ɡaː
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| 怙
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*ɡaːʔ
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| 祜
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*ɡaːʔ
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| 岵
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*ɡaːʔ
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| 婟
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*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
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| 楛
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*ɡaːʔ
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| 据
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*ka
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| 裾
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*ka
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| 琚
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*ka
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| 椐
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*ka, *kas, *kʰa
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| 鶋
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*ka
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| 蜛
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*ka
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| 崌
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*ka
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| 涺
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*ka
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| 腒
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*ka, *ɡa
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| 鋸
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*kas
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| 倨
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*kas
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| 踞
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*kas
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| 涸
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*ɡaːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): hú, hù (hu2, hu4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ, ㄏㄨˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wu4
- Gan (Wiktionary): fu4
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): fù
- (Meixian, Guangdong): fu2
- Jin (Wiktionary): hu1
- Eastern Min (BUC): hù
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘ / hô͘
- (Teochew, Peng'im): hu5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6wu
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu2
Note:
- ô͘ - vernacular;
- hô͘ - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蝴
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4254
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Phonetic
component
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古
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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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胡
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡaː/
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| Notes
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胡後起分化字
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Definitions
蝴
- Only used in 蝴蝶 (húdié, “butterfly”).
Usage notes
Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation hù.
Japanese
Kanji
蝴
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蝴 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蝴: Hán Nôm readings: hồ, hà
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