虺

See also: 蝰
虺 U+867A, 虺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-867A
← 虹
[U+8679] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 虻 →
[U+867B]

Translingual

Han character

虺 (radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一山中一戈 (MULMI), four-corner 15213, composition ⿺兀虫)

Derived characters
  • 𣸀, 𩄁

References
  • KangXi: page 1077, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32833
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2834, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+867A

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 虺
variant forms 虫 ancient

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (兀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虺 *hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ
豗 *hŋuːl
鼿 *hŋuːl, *ŋuːd
虫 *hŋlulʔ
髡 *ŋ̊ʰuːn
軏 *ŋod, *ŋuːd
扤 *ŋod, *ŋuːd
兀 *ŋuːd
杌 *ŋuːd
屼 *ŋuːd
矹 *ŋluːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ) : phonetic 兀 (OC *ŋuːd) + semantic 虫.

Etymology
“venomous snake”
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl (“snake”).

Pronunciation 1
Rime
Character 虺
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許偉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hʉiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hʷɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xiuəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hujX/
Li
Rong		 /xiuəiX/
Wang
Li		 /xĭwəiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xwe̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huǐ
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 虺 虺
Reading # 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huǐ huǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xjwɨjX › ‹ xjwɨjX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r̥]u[j]ʔ/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-) /*r̥u[j]ʔ/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)
English snake-brood sound of thunder

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 虺
Reading # 3/3
No. 13193
Phonetic
component		 兀
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 虺
Old
Chinese		 /*hŋlulʔ/

Definitions

虺

  1. (mythological) venomous snake

Compounds
  • 夢虺／梦虺
  • 王虺
  • 虺虺 (huǐhuǐ)
  • 虺蛇入夢／虺蛇入梦
  • 虺蜮
  • 虺蜴
  • 蟠虺紋／蟠虺纹
  • 養虺成蛇／养虺成蛇

Pronunciation 2
Rime
Character 虺 虺
Reading # 1/3 2/3
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 皆 (34) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 呼懷切 呼恢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hˠuɛi/ /huʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hʷᵚæi/ /huoi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xuɐi/ /xuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hwəɨj/ /hwəj/
Li
Rong		 /xuɛi/ /xuᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /xwɐi/ /xuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xwăi/ /xuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huāi huī
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 虺
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xwoj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r̥]ˁu[j]/ (W dialect: *r̥- > MC x-)
English exhausted, weary

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 虺 虺
Reading # 1/3 2/3
No. 13189 13192
Phonetic
component		 兀 兀
Rime
group		 微 微
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 灰 虺
Old
Chinese		 /*hŋuːl/ /*hŋruːl/

Definitions

虺

  1. Only used in 虺隤 (“sick; ambitionless”).

References

Japanese

Kanji
虺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. large poisonous snake

Readings

Alternative forms
  • (ancient form) 虫

Korean

Hanja

虺 • (hwe) (hangeul 훼, revised hwe, McCune–Reischauer hwe, Yale hwey)

  1. viper
  2. big snake

Vietnamese

Han character

虺 (huỷ)

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