螖

螖 U+8796, 螖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8796 ← 螕 [U+8795] CJK Unified Ideographs 螗 → [U+8797]

Translingual

Han character

螖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月月月 (LIBBB), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫骨)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33411
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8796

Chinese

trad.		螖
simp. #		螖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
顝	*kʰuːl, *kʰuːlʔ, *kʰuːd
滑	*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
猾	*ɡruːd
磆	*ɡruːd
螖	*ɡruːd
鶻	*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
嗗	*qruːd
骨	*kuːd
縎	*kuːd
愲	*kuːd
蓇	*kuːd
尳	*kuːd, *ɡuːd
榾	*kuːd
搰	*ɡuːd
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá (hua²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huá
    • Wade–Giles: hua²
    • Yale: hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
    • Palladius: хуа (xua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waat⁶
    • Yale: waaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hweat

Rime
Character	螖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	鎋 (76)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸八切
Baxter	hweat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣwæt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡruːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螖
Reading #	1/1
No.	4318
Phonetic component	骨
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	滑
Old Chinese	/*ɡruːd/

Definitions

螖

1. Only used in 螖蠌／螖𰲵.