蝜

蝜 U+875C, 蝜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875C ← 蝛 [U+875B] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝝 → [U+875D]

Translingual

Han character

蝜 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓月金 (LINBC), four-corner 5718₆, composition ⿰虫負)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33277
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2872, character 13
• Unihan data for U+875C

Chinese

trad.		蝜
simp.		𮔅
alternative forms		負／负

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
負	*bɯʔ
萯	*bɯʔ
蝜	*bɯʔ
偩	*bɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 負 (OC *bɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fù (fu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fù
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴
    • Yale: fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu⁶
    • Yale: fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuwX

Rime
Character	蝜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房久切
Baxter	bjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/biuX/
Shao Rongfen	/biəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwX/
Li Rong	/biuX/
Wang Li	/bĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝜
Reading #	1/1
No.	3560
Phonetic component	負
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	婦
Old Chinese	/*bɯʔ/
Notes	爾雅作負

Definitions

蝜

1. Only used in 蝜蝂／𮔅蝂 (fùbǎn).