蠆
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Translingual
Han character
蠆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿田月戈 (TWBI), four-corner 44136, composition ⿱萬虫)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33694
- Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2889, character 20
- Unihan data for U+8806
Chinese
| trad. | 蠆 | |
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| simp. | 虿 | |
| alternative forms | 䘍 𧍣 𧓵 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蠆 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Originally written as 萬. 虫 (“creature”) was added to disambiguate it from 萬 (“myriad, ten thousand”).
Etymology
From 厲 (OC *m·rads, “sharp”) with a nominalizing devoicing, a realization of a Sino-Tibetan prefix *s-, probably the one used in words for animals (Schuessler, 2007). Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstruct it with an additional animal prefix *m-. It may also be connected to 蜇 (OC *ʔl'ed, “to sting”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chài
- Wade–Giles: chʻai4
- Yale: chài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chay
- Palladius: чай (čaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: caai3
- Yale: chaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai3
- Guangdong Romanization: cai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: trhaejH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-r̥ˤa-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*m̥ʰraːds/
Definitions
蠆
- (obsolete) venomous creature; scorpion
- 蜂蠆虺蛇不螫，猛獸不據，攫鳥不搏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
- Fēngchài huǐshé bù shì, měngshòu bù jù, jué niǎo bù bó.
- Bees and scorpions and asps and adders will not sting him; fierce beasts will not seize him; predatory birds will not strike him.
蜂虿虺蛇不螫，猛兽不据，攫鸟不搏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 下堂兮見蠆，出門兮觸螽，
- From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE, translated based on David Hawkes' version
- Xiàtáng xī jiàn chài, chūmén xī chù zhōng,
Xiàng yǒu xī yóutíng, yì duō xī tángláng. - Going down from the hall I see scorpions; going out of the gate I run into locusts;
In the alleyways there are centipedes; in the town there are many mantises.
巷有兮蚰蜓，邑多兮螳螂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
下堂兮见虿，出门兮触螽，
巷有兮蚰蜓，邑多兮螳螂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- Used in 蠆芥／虿芥.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蠆
- scorpion
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
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