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See also:
U+87EF, 蟯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87EF

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土土山 (LIGGU), four-corner 54111, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33626
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2889, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+87EF

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋjew, *ʔŋew) : semantic (worm) + phonetic (OC *ŋeːw).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note:
  • giô - (“clam; female genitalia”);
  • liô - “bivalve-like seafood”.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (38) (34)
    Final () (91) (91)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () III III
    Fanqie
    Baxter nyew 'jiew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ȵiᴇu/ /ʔiᴇu/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ȵiɛu/ /ʔiɛu/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ȵʑjæu/ /ʔjæu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ȵiaw/ /ʔiaw/
    Li
    Rong
    /ȵiɛu/ /ʔiɛu/
    Wang
    Li
    /ȵʑĭɛu/ /ĭɛu/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /ȵʑi̯ɛu/ /ʔi̯ɛu/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    ráo yāo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    jiu4 jiu1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 14670 14683
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ŋjew/ /*ʔŋew/

    Definitions

    1. Only used in 蟯蟲蛲虫 (náochóng).
    2. (Hokkien) clam
    3. (Mainland China Hokkien) bivalve-like seafood
    4. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) female genitalia; vulva
    Synonyms

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation


    Note:
    • ngiauh - “to nitpick (Xiamen); to die”;
    • ngiáu - “to nitpick (Zhangzhou)”.

      Definitions

      1. (Hokkien) to wriggle; to squirm
      2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to nitpick; to probe (someone's mistakes, etc.)
      3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, humorous) to pass away; to die
      Synonyms

      Compounds

      Etymology 3

      For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(Hokkien) itchy; to tickle”).
      (This character is a variant form of ).

      References

      Japanese

      Kanji

      (Hyōgai kanji)

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      Readings

      • Go-on: にょう (nyō)
      • Kan-on: じょう ()
      • Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō)

      Compounds

      Korean

      Hanja

      (yo) (hangeul , revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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