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蝠

蝠

Translingual

Han character

蝠 (radical 142 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一口田 (LIMRW), four-corner 51166, composition ⿰虫畐)

  1. kind of bat

References

  • KangXi: page 1090, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33288
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2868, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8760

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蝠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蝠
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (畐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
富 *pɯɡs
輻 *pɯɡs, *pɯɡ
副 *pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ
褔 *pʰɯɡs
蔔 *bɯːɡ
匐 *bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ
逼 *prɯɡ
偪 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
幅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
楅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
湢 *prɯɡ
堛 *pʰrɯɡ
愊 *pʰrɯɡ
踾 *pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
揊 *pʰrɯɡ
稫 *pʰrɯɡ
畐 *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ
疈 *pʰrɯɡ
腷 *brɯɡ
鶝 *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
福 *pɯɡ
蝠 *pɯɡ
葍 *pɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蝠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puwk̚/
Li
Rong		 /piuk̚/
Wang
Li		 /pĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝠
Reading # 1/1
No. 3398
Phonetic
component		 畐
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 福
Old
Chinese		 /*pɯɡ/

Definitions

蝠

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Compounds

  • 蝙蝠人
  • 蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

Japanese

Kanji

蝠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bat
  2. pit viper

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

蝠 • ‎(bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune-Reischauer pok, Yale pok)

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