蝟

See also: 猬

蝟	U+875F, 蝟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875F

← 蝞
[U+875E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝠 →
[U+8760]

Translingual

Han character

蝟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田月 (LIWB), four-corner 5612₇, composition ⿰虫胃)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33287
Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 6
Unihan data for U+875F

Chinese

trad.		蝟
simp.		猬
alternative forms		𧳪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
喟	kʰruːds, kʰruds
胃	*ɢuds
謂	*ɢuds
媦	*ɢuds
蝟	*ɢuds
渭	*ɢuds
煟	*ɢuds
緭	*ɢuds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).

Etymology

See 彙／汇 (huì, “hedgehog (obsolete)”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴
  - Yale: wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁶
  - Yale: waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: hjw+jH

Rime
Character	蝟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于貴切
Baxter	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj^H/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蝟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwɨj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
English	porcupine
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝟
Reading #	1/1
No.	12945
Phonetic component	胃
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胃
Old Chinese	/*ɢuds/
Notes	説文同彚

Definitions

蝟

hedgehog

Compounds

刺蝟／刺猬 (cìwèi)
蝟縮／猬缩 (wèisuō)
蝟起／猬起
蝟集／猬集 (wèijí)
蝟鳳梨／猬凤梨 (wèifènglí)
觀者蝟集／观者猬集

Japanese

Kanji

蝟

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kun: はりねずみ (harinezumi, 蝟)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝟
はりねずみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝟 – see the following entry.

【針鼠はりねずみ】

[noun] a hedgehog

Alternative spellings
猬, 彙, ハリネズミ

(This term, 蝟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝟
い Hyōgai
on'yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 蝟 (MC hjw+jH).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

蝟(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)^?}

the Chinese name of the 針鼠 (harinezumi, “hedgehog”)

Derived terms

蝟(い)集(しゅう) (ishū, “to gather (like the spines of a hedgehog)”)

Korean

Hanja

蝟 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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