蟢

蟢 U+87E2, 蟢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87E2 ← 蟡 [U+87E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟣 → [U+87E3]

Translingual

Han character

蟢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土口口 (LIGRR), four-corner 5416₁, composition ⿰虫喜)

1. Caulk.
2. Spider.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33595
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2889, character 11
• Unihan data for U+87E2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘻	*qʰɯ
嬉	*qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs
禧	*qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ
熹	*qʰlɯ
僖	*qʰlɯ
歖	*qʰlɯ
譆	*qʰlɯ
瞦	*qʰlɯ
喜	*qʰlɯʔ
憙	*qʰlɯʔ, *qʰlɯs
蟢	*qʰlɯʔ
糦	*kʰljɯs
饎	*kʰljɯs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³
    • Yale: syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei²
    • Yale: héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shi
    • MiniDict: shi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xiX

Rime
Character	蟢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虚里切
Baxter	xiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/xieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨX/
Li Rong	/xiəX/
Wang Li	/xĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟢
Reading #	1/1
No.	13419
Phonetic component	喜
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	喜
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯʔ/

Definitions

蟢

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Compounds

• 蟢子

 

Japanese

Kanji

蟢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)