蝮

蝮 (radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人日水 (LIOAE), four-corner 5814₇, composition ⿰虫复)

1. venomous snake, viper

• KangXi: page 1091, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33309
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2871, character 3
• Unihan data for U+876E

蝮

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. pit viper

• Go-on: ふく (fuku)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku)
• Kun: まむし (mamushi, 蝮)

/pami₂/ → /pami/ → /fami/ → /hami/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō dictionary of 938 CE.[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠mʲi]

蝮 (hiragana はみ, katakana ハミ, rōmaji hami)

1. (dated, possibly obsolete) mamushi, pit viper

• くちはみ (kuchihami), くちばみ (kuchibami)

Compound of 真 (ma, “true”) + 虫 (mushi, “snake”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まむし [màmúshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

蝮 (hiragana まむし, katakana マムシ, rōmaji mamushi)

1. Short for 日本蝮 (mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii)).
2. (by extension) a pit viper, adder
   • 1999 July 22, “フレイム・ヴァイパー [Flame Viper]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

     シュルシュルと素 (す)早 (ばや)く動 (うご)き、口 (くち)から火 (か)炎 (えん)をはくマムシ。

     Shurushuru to subayaku ugoki, kuchi kara kaen o haku mamushi.

     A pit viper that spits fire and slithers swiftly.

3. person who is feared by others but gives no harm (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
4. Short for まむし指.

• 蝮 (マムシ)草 (グサ) (mamushigusa, Arisaema serratum)
• 蝮 (まむし)丼 (どん) (mamushi-don), 蝮 (まむし)丼 (どんぶり) (mamushi-donburi, alternative name of 鰻丼)
• マムシ属 (ぞく) (mamushi-zoku)
• 日 (ニ)本 (ホン)蝮 (マムシ) (Nihon mamushi, “mamushi”, Gloydius blomhoffii)

蝮 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok, Yale pok)

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