蚴

蚴 U+86B4, 蚴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86B4 ← 蚳 [U+86B3] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚵 → [U+86B5]

Translingual

Han character

蚴 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女戈尸 (LIVIS), four-corner 5412₇, composition ⿰虫幼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32923
• Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2846, character 12
• Unihan data for U+86B4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黝	*qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑	*qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢	*qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	*qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	*qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yòu, yǒu (you⁴, you³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ, ㄧㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyiu⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yu³
    • Yale: yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiəu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau³
    • Yale: yau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiwX

Rime
Character	蚴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於糾切
Baxter	'jiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔieuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiwX/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕuX/
Wang Li	/iəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚴
Reading #	1/1
No.	15643
Phonetic component	幼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	黝
Old Chinese	/*qrɯwʔ/
Notes	見九章

Definitions

蚴

1. tapeworm larva; cercaria
2. Used in 蚴蟉 and 蚴虯／蚴虬.

Compounds

• 尾蚴 (wěiyòu)
• 毛蚴
• 蚴虯 / 蚴虬
• 蚴蛻 / 蚴蜕
• 蚴蟉

 

Japanese

Kanji

蚴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)、ゆ (yu)

Korean

Hanja

蚴 (eum 유 (yu))

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