蠱

See also: 蛊

蠱	U+8831, 蠱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8831

← 蠰
[U+8830]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蠲 →
[U+8832]

Translingual

Han character

蠱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中戈廿 (LILIT), four-corner 5010₇, composition ⿱蟲皿)

Derived characters

𤅱

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1103, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33867
Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2906, character 9
Unihan data for U+8831

Chinese

FWOTD – 15 November 2019

trad.		蠱
simp.		蛊

Wikipedia has articles on:

巫蠱 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
蠱 (Cantonese)
Gu (poison) (English)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蠱
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 蟲 (“insects”) + 皿 (“container”) – poisonous insects raised in a container.

Etymology 1

Unclear (Schuessler, 2007).

“Affair” may be related to 故 (OC *kaːs, “happening; incident”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): gu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ku³
  - Yale: gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gu²
  - Yale: gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu³
  - Sinological IPA: /ku³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ku
  - MiniDict: ku^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³⁴/

Middle Chinese: kuX

Rime
Character	蠱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Baxter	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ko^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ^X/
Li Rong	/ko^X/
Wang Li	/ku^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤaʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蠱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ ku^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁaʔ/
English	noxious vermin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4339
Phonetic component	蠱
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*klaːʔ/

Definitions

蠱

(historical) a type of artificially cultivated poisonous insect; the one insect remaining in the vessel where toxic insects are allowed to eat each other
- 剡縣有一家事蠱，人啖其食飲，無不吐血死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  剡县有一家事蛊，人啖其食饮，无不吐血死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Jin dynasty, 陶淵明 (Tao Yuanming), 《搜神後記》
  Shànxiàn yǒu yī jiā shì gǔ, rén dàn qí shíyǐn, wú bù tùxuè sǐ. [Pinyin]
  In Shàn County, there is a family who produces gǔ. When people ate their [the family's] food, all died vomiting blood.
^† insect that grows on rotting grain; pest; vermin
- 粟米饐熱生蠱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  粟米𮩞热生蛊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
  Sùmǐ yìrè shēng gǔ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
^† hot, noxious air that harms people; miasma
- 二年，初伏，以狗禦蠱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  二年，初伏，以狗御蛊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Èr nián, chūfú, yǐ gǒu yù gǔ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
to entice; to bewitch
- 孔丘盛容脩飾以蠱世，弦歌鼓舞以聚徒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  孔丘盛容脩饰以蛊世，弦歌鼓舞以聚徒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Kǒng Qiū shèngróng xiūshì yǐ gǔ shì, xiángē gǔwǔ yǐ jù tú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 假使小尼姑的臉上不滑膩，阿Q 便不至於被蠱，又假使小尼姑的臉上蓋一層布，阿Q 便也不至於被蠱了。 [MSC, trad.]
  假使小尼姑的脸上不滑腻，阿Q 便不至于被蛊，又假使小尼姑的脸上盖一层布，阿Q 便也不至于被蛊了。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1921, 魯迅 (Lu Xun), 《阿Q正傳》 (The True Story of Ah Q), translation based on Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang
  Jiǎshǐ xiǎo nígū de liǎnshang bù huánì, Ā-Q biàn bùzhìyú bèi gǔ, yòu jiǎshǐ xiǎo nígū de liǎnshang gài yī céng bù, ā-Q biàn yě bùzhìyú bèi gǔ le. [Pinyin]
  If the little nun's face had not been soft and smooth, Ah Q would not have been bewitched by her; nor would this have happened if the little nun's face had been covered by a cloth.
^† malevolent sorcery, including charms, curses and prayers to evil spirits
- 秋七月，按道侯韓說、使者江充等掘蠱太子宮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  秋七月，按道侯韩说、使者江充等掘蛊太子宫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Qiū qīyuè, àndàohóu Hán Yuè, shǐzhě Jiāng Chōng děng jué gǔ tàizǐ gōng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
^† affair; matter
- 幹母之蠱，不可貞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  干母之蛊，不可贞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE
  Gàn mǔ zhī gǔ, bùkě zhēn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
18th hexagram of the I Ching (䷑)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yě, gǔ (ye³, gu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ, ㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yě
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yě
  - Wade–Giles: yeh³
  - Yale: yě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yee
  - Palladius: е (je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ku³
  - Yale: gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/

Definitions

蠱

^† Alternative form of 冶 (yě, “bewitchingly pretty; seductive”)

Compounds

蠱冶 / 蛊冶
蠱媚 / 蛊媚

References

“蠱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蠱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こ (ko)、や (ya)
Kun: そこなう (sokonau, 蠱なう)、まじない (majinai, 蠱い)、まどわす (madowasu, 蠱す)、こびる (kobiru)

Korean

Hanja

蠱 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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