蠼

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蠼 U+883C, 蠼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-883C
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Translingual

Han character

蠼 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+20, 26 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月山水 (LIBUE), four-corner 56147, composition ⿰虫矍)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1104, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33928
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1568, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2910, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+883C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蠼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
钁 *kʷaɡ
攫 *kʷaɡ
矍 *kʷaɡ
躩 *kʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ
玃 *kʷaɡ
貜 *kʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ
彏 *kʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
戄 *ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
籰 *ɢʷaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 矍 (OC *kʷaɡ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

蠼

  1. Only used in 蠼螋 (qúsōu).
  2. earwig

Japanese

Kanji

蠼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぐ (gu)
  • Kan-on: く (ku)
  • Kun: おおざる (ōzaru)

Compounds

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

蠼: Hán Nôm readings: cù, quặc

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