蝹

蝹	U+8779, 蝹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8779

蝹	U+FAB5, 蝹 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAB5

← 華
[U+FAB4]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

襁 →
[U+FAB6]

蝹	U+2F9BB, 蝹 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9BB

← 蛢
[U+2F9BA]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

蜨 →
[U+2F9BC]

Translingual

Han character

蝹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日月廿 (LIABT) or 中戈田人廿 (LIWOT), four-corner 5611₇, composition ⿰虫昷(G) or ⿰虫𥁕(HTK))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33396
Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 1
Unihan data for U+8779

Unihan data for U+FAB5

Unihan data for U+2F9BB

Chinese

trad.		蝹
simp. ^#		蝹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
媪
蝹	quːʔ, qrun, *qun
溫	*quːn
𥁕	*quːn
輼	*quːn
蕰	quːn, qunʔ, *quns
殟	quːn, quːd
豱	*quːn
緼	quːn, qun, qunʔ, quns
韞	quːn, qunʔ
瘟	*quːn
揾	quːns, qunʔ, *quːd
氲	*qun
煴	qun, quns
馧	qun, quːd
蒀
藴	qun, qunʔ
褞	*qunʔ
醖
慍	*quns
蘊	*quns
腽	*quːd
榅	*quːd
嗢	quːd, qruːd

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yūn (yun¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yun
  - Wade–Giles: yün¹
  - Yale: yūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iun
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'win

Rime
Character	蝹
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (45)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於倫切
Baxter	'win
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjin/
Li Rong	/ʔjuĕn/
Wang Li	/ǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*quːʔ/, /*qrun/, /*qun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝹	蝹	蝹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12968	12979	12985
Phonetic component	昷	昷	昷
Rime group	幽	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	襖	贇	煴
Old Chinese	/*quːʔ/	/*qrun/	/*qun/
Notes		原列眞韻見漢賦	見漢賦

Definitions

蝹

to move about like a dragon

Etymology 2

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蝹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǎo (ao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ao³
  - Yale: ǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: 'awX

Rime
Character	蝹
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏晧切
Baxter	'awX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaw^X/
Li Rong	/ʔɑu^X/
Wang Li	/ɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou²

Definitions

蝹

legendary creature that devours human brains

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un
  - Tâi-lô: un
  - Phofsit Daibuun: wn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴/

Definitions

蝹

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to curl up one's body

References

“Entry #11917”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.