螆

See also: 蛓

螆	U+8786, 螆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8786

← 螅
[U+8785]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螇 →
[U+8787]

螆	U+2F9BE, 螆 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9BE

← 蝫
[U+2F9BD]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

䗗 →
[U+2F9BF]

Translingual

Alternative forms

In traditional Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong), the right component is written 茲 (contains 艹), which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
In simplified Chinese (mainland China), the right component is written 兹 (contains 䒑), which is also a historical variant found in classical Chinese dictionaries.
In Japanese kanji, the right component is written 玆 (duplication of 玄).
Due to Han unification, the three forms above are encoded under the same code point. This character will appear differently depending on the font used.

Han character

螆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10 in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 虫+9 in simplified Chinese, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 15 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 中戈廿女戈 (LITVI), four-corner 5813₂, composition ⿰虫兹(G) or ⿰虫茲(HT) or ⿰虫玆(J))

Related characters

蛓 (Orthodox form in classical usage)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33368
Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 16
Unihan data for U+8786

Unihan data for U+2F9BE

Chinese

trad.		螆
simp. ^#		螆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
糍	*zi
茲	ʔsɯ, zɯ
滋	*ʔsɯ
孳	ʔsɯ, zɯs
嵫	*ʔsɯ
嗞	*ʔsɯ
鎡	*ʔsɯ
鰦	*ʔsɯ
鶿	ʔsɯ, zɯ
稵	ʔsɯ, ʔsɯw
螆	*sʰɯs
慈	*zɯ
鷀	*zɯ
磁	*zɯ
礠	*zlɯ
濨	*zlɯ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 螆 – see 蛓 (“a kind of caterpillar”). (This character is a variant form of 蛓).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshiH

Rime
Character	螆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七吏切
Baxter	tshiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨ^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiə^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭə^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci³

Definitions

螆

Used in 螆蛦 (“type of giant tortoise”).
alt. forms: 茲夷／兹夷

Synonym: 蟕蠵

Etymology 3

From the non-aspirated reading of 疵 (cī).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/

Definitions

螆

skin itch
parasite

Compounds

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12389

Japanese

Kanji

螆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)