螱

螱 U+87B1, 螱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B1 ← 螰 [U+87B0] CJK Unified Ideographs 螲 → [U+87B2]

Translingual

Han character

螱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈中一戈 (SILMI), composition ⿱尉虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33501
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 4
• Unihan data for U+87B1

Chinese

trad.		螱
simp. #		螱

Glyph origen

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

	Old Chinese
尉	*quds, *qud
熨	*quds, *quns, *qud
慰	*quds
罻	*quds
犚	*quds
蔚	*quds, *qud
螱	*quds
褽	*quds
鳚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	螱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於胃切
Baxter	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔujH/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螱
Reading #	1/1
No.	12957
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉
Old Chinese	/*quds/
Notes	爾雅異文原從二蟲

Definitions

螱

1. termite

Japanese

Kanji

螱

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. termite

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)
• Kun: しろあり (shiroari)