螸

螸 U+87B8, 螸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B8 ← 螷 [U+87B7] CJK Unified Ideographs 螹 → [U+87B9]

Translingual

Han character

螸 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金人中一戈 (COLMI), four-corner 8713₆, composition ⿱欲虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33487
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2886, character 9
• Unihan data for U+87B8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	*ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yu

Rime
Character	螸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊朱切
Baxter	yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/
Shao Rongfen	/io/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/
Li Rong	/io/
Wang Li	/jĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螸
Reading #	1/1
No.	4282
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	逾
Old Chinese	/*lo/

Definitions

螸

1. ^† distended belly
2. ^† a kind of insect