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蚑

蚑

Translingual

Han character

蚑 (radical 142 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十水 (LIJE), four-corner 54147)

  1. tip-toe

References

  • KangXi: page 1077, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32858
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2837, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8691

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蚑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蚑
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (支) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
支 *kje
枝 *kje
肢 *kje
汥 *kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼 *kje
馶 *kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷 *kje
忮 *kjes
伎 *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉 *ɡjes
翅 *qʰjes
翄 *qʰjes, *ɡe
妓 *kre, *ɡreʔ
庋 *kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂 *kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑 *kʰes, *ɡe
吱 *kʰes
岐 *ɡe
歧 *ɡe
鬾 *ɡre, *ɡres
技 *ɡreʔ
芰 *ɡres
攱 *kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪 *kʷreʔ
頍 *kʰʷeʔ
屐 *ɡreɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蚑 蚑 蚑
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 支 (11) 支 (11) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 巨支切 巨支切 去智切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡiᴇ/ /ɡiᴇ/ /kʰiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiɛ/ /ɡiɛ/ /kʰiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡjɛ/ /ɡjɛ/ /kʰjɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /giə̆/ /giə̆/ /kʰiə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /ɡie/ /ɡie/ /kʰieH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡǐe/ /ɡǐe/ /kʰǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gie̯/ /gie̯/ /kʰie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qí qí qì
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蚑 蚑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 17218 17223
Phonetic
component		 支 支
Rime
group		 支 支
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 企 祇
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰes/ /*ɡe/

Definitions

蚑

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Compounds

  • 蚑行

Japanese

Kanji

蚑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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