蚍蜉

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(蚍蜉)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (15) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪ/ /bɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/bi/ /biu/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjɪ/ /biəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bi/ /buw/
Li
Rong
/bi/ /biu/
Wang
Li
/bi/ /bĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi/ /bʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[b](r)u/
English mayfly

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 530 3347
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
𣬈
Old
Chinese
/*bi/ /*bu/

Noun

蚍蜉

  1. (archaic) a type of large grey ant with a large head and antennae
  2. (archaic) termite

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蚍蜉 (hiragana ひふ, rōmaji hifu)

  1. large ant

Derived terms

  • 蚍蜉大樹 (ひふたいじゅ) ()かす (hifu taiju o gokasu)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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