螋

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螋	U+878B, 螋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-878B

← 螊
[U+878A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螌 →
[U+878C]

Translingual

Han character

螋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹難水 (LIHXE), composition ⿰虫叟)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 39
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33381
Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 19
Unihan data for U+878B

Chinese

trad.		螋
simp. ^#		螋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	suːw, sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	sɯːw, suːʔ
謏	slɯːwʔ, suːʔ, suːs, srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	suːʔ, sru
醙	suʔ, sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	sru, sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	sru, sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sōu (sou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so͘ / so

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sou
  - Wade–Giles: sou¹
  - Yale: sōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
  - Palladius: соу (sou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau¹
  - Yale: sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
  - Tâi-lô: soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sof
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
  - Tâi-lô: so
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³/

Middle Chinese: srju

Rime
Character	螋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	山芻切
Baxter	srju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃio/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆/
Li Rong	/ʃio/
Wang Li	/ʃĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sru/, /*sro/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螋	螋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12086	12091
Phonetic component	叟	叟
Rime group	幽	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	𢯱	毹
Old Chinese	/*sru/	/*sro/

Definitions

螋

Used in 蠼螋 (qúsōu) and 蠷螋 (qúsōu).

Japanese

Kanji

螋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: そう (sō)

Compounds

蠼螋(はさみむし) (hasamimushi, “earwig; maritime earwig”)

Vietnamese

Han character

螋: Hán Nôm readings: sưu

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