蛖

蛖 U+86D6, 蛖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86D6 ← 蛕 [U+86D5] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛗 → [U+86D7]

Translingual

Han character

蛖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈山竹 (LIIUH), four-corner 5311₂, composition ⿰虫尨)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1085, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33062
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2854, character 8
• Unihan data for U+86D6

Chinese

trad.		蛖
simp. #		蛖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
厖	*mroːŋ
駹	*mroːŋ
狵	*mroːŋ
尨	*mroːŋ
浝	*mroːŋ
哤	*mroːŋ
牻	*mroːŋ
娏	*mroːŋ
蛖	*mroːŋ
𥆙	*mroːŋ
痝	*mroːŋ
𪁪	*muːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng (mang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máng
    • Wade–Giles: mang²
    • Yale: máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: maewng

Rime
Character	蛖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫江切
Baxter	maewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/mɔŋ/
Wang Li	/mɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mroːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛖
Reading #	1/1
No.	8768
Phonetic component	尨
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	厖
Old Chinese	/*mroːŋ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蛖

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 蚌
2. Used in 蛖蝼.