螝

螝 U+879D, 螝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879D ← 螜 [U+879C] CJK Unified Ideographs 螞 → [U+879E]

Translingual

Han character

螝 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹山戈 (LIHUI), four-corner 5611₃, composition ⿰虫鬼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33424
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2879, character 3
• Unihan data for U+879D

Chinese

trad.		螝
simp. #		螝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謉	*tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰	*kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀	*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊	*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬	*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝	*ɡuːls, *krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	*krul, *kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	*ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì, guì, huǐ (hui⁴, gui⁴, hui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄍㄨㄟˋ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴
    • Yale: hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
    • Yale: gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui³
    • Yale: hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwij, hwojH

Rime
Character	螝	螝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居追切	胡對切
Baxter	kwij	hwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪ/	/ɦuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚi/	/ɦuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪ/	/ɣuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwi/	/ɦwəjH/
Li Rong	/kjui/	/ɣuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/kwi/	/ɣuɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwi/	/ɣuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1	wui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːls/, /*krul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螝	螝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4675	4680
Phonetic component	鬼	鬼
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	潰	龜
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːls/	/*krul/

Definitions

螝

1. ^† pupa; chrysalis
2. ^† Alternative form of 虺