| Spanish fly; grain-eating grub | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鼄蝥) | 鼄 | 蝥 | |
| simp. (𬹣蝥) | 𬹣 | 蝥 | |
| Rime | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 鼄 | 蝥 | 蝥 | 蝥 | 蝥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 虞 (24) | 肴 (90) | 尤 (136) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III | II | III | III |
| Fanqie | 陟輸切 | 武夫切 | 莫交切 | 莫浮切 | 亡遇切 |
| Reconstructions | |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈɨo/ | /mɨo/ | /mˠau/ | /mɨu/ | /mɨoH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈio/ | /mio/ | /mᵚau/ | /miu/ | /mioH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶio/ | /mio/ | /mau/ | /miəu/ | /mioH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈuə̆/ | /muə̆/ | /maɨw/ | /muw/ | /muə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶio/ | /mio/ | /mau/ | /miu/ | /mioH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶĭu/ | /mĭu/ | /mau/ | /mĭəu/ | /mĭuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶi̯u/ | /mi̯u/ | /mau/ | /mi̯ə̯u/ | /mi̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhū | wú | máo | móu | wù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
zyu1 | mou4 | maau4 | mau4 | mou6 |