䗛

䗛 U+45DB, 䗛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-45DB ← 䗚 [U+45DA] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䗜 → [U+45DC]

Translingual

Han character

䗛 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人中月 (LIOLB), composition ⿰虫脩)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 20
• Unihan data for U+45DB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䗛

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 脩 (OC *slɯw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiū (xiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹, suk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siou
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹
    • Yale: syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou
    • Palladius: сю (sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau¹, suk¹
    • Yale: sāau, sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹, suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao¹, sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/, /sʊk̚⁵/

Definitions

䗛

1. stick insect (insects of the order Phasmida)

Synonyms

• 竹節蟲／竹节虫 (zhújiéchóng)

Compounds

• 葉䗛／叶䗛 (yèxiū)