蝡

蝡 U+8761, 蝡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8761
← 蝠
[U+8760] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蝢 →
[U+8762]

Translingual

Han character

蝡 (radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一月大 (LIMBK), four-corner 51134, composition ⿰虫耎)

References
  • KangXi: page 1090, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33290
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2869, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8761

Chinese
trad. 蝡/蠕*
simp. 蠕*

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (耎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
陾 *njɯ, *noːʔ
腝 *nuːs, *njonʔ, *nuːns
堧 *noːls, *njon
稬 *noːls, *noːnʔ, *noːns
愞 *noːls, *noːns, *njonʔ
煗 *noːnʔ
餪 *noːnʔ
渜 *noːnʔ, *noːns
偄 *noːns, *njonʔ
瑌 *njon, *njonʔ
軟 *njonʔ
輭 *njonʔ
蝡 *njonʔ, *njunʔ
碝 *njonʔ
耎 *njonʔ
緛 *njonʔ
媆 *nuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njonʔ, *njunʔ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 耎 (OC *njonʔ).

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 蝡 蝡
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 仙 (78) 諄 (47)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 而兖切 而允切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiuᴇnX/ /ȵiuɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵʷiɛnX/ /ȵʷinX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑjuænX/ /ȵʑjuenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵwianX/ /ȵwinX/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiuɛnX/ /ȵiuĕnX/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭwɛnX/ /ȵʑĭuĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯wɛnX/ /ȵʑi̯uĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ruǎn rǔn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝡 蝡
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10904 10914
Phonetic
component		 耎 耎
Rime
group		 元 文
Rime
subdivision		 3 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 輭 蝡
Old
Chinese		 /*njonʔ/ /*njunʔ/
Notes 集韻或作蠕 集韻或作蠕

Definitions

蝡

  1. wriggle; squirm

Japanese

Kanji
蝡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
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