蝩

蝩 U+8769, 蝩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8769 ← 蝨 [U+8768] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝪 → [U+876A]

Translingual

Han character

蝩 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹十土 (LIHJG), four-corner 5211₄, composition ⿰虫重)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33304
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2871, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8769

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝩
alternative forms		𧑆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóng (chong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²
    • Yale: chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjowng

Rime
Character	蝩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直容切
Baxter	drjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuawŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡioŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝩
Reading #	1/1
No.	17459
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	重
Old Chinese	/*doŋ/

Definitions

蝩

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) grasshopper; locust
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) old silkworm