蝔

蝔 U+8754, 蝔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8754 ← 蝓 [U+8753] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝕 → [U+8755]

Translingual

Han character

蝔 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈心心日 (LIPPA), four-corner 5116₁, composition ⿰虫皆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33262
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2869, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8754

Chinese

trad.		蝔
simp. #		蝔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皆	*kriːl
偕	*kriːl
階	*kriːl
喈	*kriːl
稭	*kriːl, *kriːd
堦	*kriːl
楷	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
鶛	*kriːl
湝	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
蝔	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
鍇	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
揩	*kʰriːl
諧	*ɡriːl
瑎	*ɡriːl
龤	*ɡriːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiē (jie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jie
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹
    • Yale: jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: keaj, heaj

Rime
Character	蝔	蝔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古諧切	戸皆切
Baxter	keaj	heaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛi/	/ɦˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæi/	/ɦᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐi/	/ɣɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨj/	/ɦəɨj/
Li Rong	/kɛi/	/ɣɛi/
Wang Li	/kɐi/	/ɣɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăi/	/ɣăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai1	haai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kriːl/, /*ɡriːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝔	蝔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6424	6433
Phonetic component	皆	皆
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	皆	諧
Old Chinese	/*kriːl/	/*ɡriːl/
Notes	見淮南子	見淮南子

Definitions

蝔

1. ^† a kind of insect