螵蛸

Chinese

octopus
simp. and trad.
(螵蛸)
variant forms 蜱蛸

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2
Initial () (3) (2) (16)
Final () (91) (91) (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biᴇu/ /pʰiᴇu/ /siᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/biɛu/ /pʰiɛu/ /siɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjæu/ /pʰjæu/ /sjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/biaw/ /pʰiaw/ /siaw/
Li
Rong
/biɛu/ /pʰiɛu/ /siɛu/
Wang
Li
/bĭɛu/ /pʰĭɛu/ /sĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ɛu/ /pʰi̯ɛu/ /si̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
piáo piāo xiāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2 2/2
No. 9782 9754 13746
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bew/ /*pʰew/ /*sew/

Noun

螵蛸

  1. egg-case of the praying mantis
  2. (literary) Short for 海螵蛸 (“cuttlebone”).

Derived terms

  • 海螵蛸
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