蛆

蛆 U+86C6, 蛆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C6
← 蛅
[U+86C5]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蛇 →
[U+86C7]

Translingual

Han character

蛆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月一 (LIBM), four-corner 57110, composition ⿰虫且)

References

  • KangXi: page 1080, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32963
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+86C6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
蛆

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsa, *sʰa) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ce1 - vernacular;
  • zu1 - literary.

Rime
Character 蛆
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七余切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ceoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛆
Reading # 2/2
No. 10420
Phonetic
component
且
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
疽
Old
Chinese
/*sʰa/

Definitions

蛆

  1. maggot
  2. (figurative, derogatory) despicable person
  3. (Min Nan, Puxian Min) wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva
  4. (Taiwan, neologism, slang, derogatory) supporters of Kuomintang (KMT)
    Synonyms: 蛆蛆, 藍蛆/蓝蛆
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • (KMT supporters): 吱 (zhī, “DPP supporters”)

Compounds

  • 嚼蛆
  • 如蛆附骨
  • 海蛆
  • 玉蛆
  • 白嚼蛆
  • 船蛆
  • 攪肚蛆腸/搅肚蛆肠
  • 攪蛆扒/搅蛆扒

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 蛆
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子魚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡siɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zeoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛆
Reading # 1/2
No. 10414
Phonetic
component
且
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
且
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsa/

Definitions

蛆

  1. Only used in 蝍蛆 (jíjū).

Compounds

  • 蝍蛆鉗帶/蝍蛆钳带

References

Japanese

Kanji

蛆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: そ (so)
  • Kan-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kun: うじ (uji, 蛆)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛆
うじ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蛆 – see the following entry.
【うじウジ】
[noun] (less common) larva, maggot
Alternative spellings
蛆, 蜡, うじ
(This term, 蛆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

蛆 (eum 저 (jeo))

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