蟰

蟰 U+87F0, 蟰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F0 ← 蟯 [U+87EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟱 → [U+87F1]

Translingual

Han character

蟰 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中難 (LILX), composition ⿰虫肅)

1. small spider with long legs

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1098, character 44
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33631
• Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2899, character 4
• Unihan data for U+87F0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟰
alternative forms		蠨／蟏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sew, sjuwk

Rime
Character	蟰	蟰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇彫切	息逐切
Baxter	sew	sjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/	/sɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/	/siuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/	/siuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/	/suwk̚/
Li Rong	/seu/	/siuk̚/
Wang Li	/sieu/	/sĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sieu/	/si̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	su
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1	suk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/, /*sɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟰	蟰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12118	12127
Phonetic component	肅	肅
Rime group	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭	肅
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/	/*sɯwɢ/

Definitions

蟰

1. Only used in 蟰蛸 (xiāoshāo, “long-jawed spider”).