蜈

蜈 U+8708, 蜈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8708 ← 蜇 [U+8707] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜉 → [U+8709]

Translingual

Han character

蜈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口一大 (LIRMK) or 中戈口女大 (LIRVK), four-corner 5613₄, composition ⿰虫吳(THJK) or ⿰虫吴(G))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33099
• Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2855, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8708

Chinese

trad.		蜈
simp. #		蜈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
吳	*ŋʷaː
蜈	*ŋʷaː
鋘	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦	*ŋaː
誤	*ŋʷaːs
悞	*ŋʷaːs
娛	*ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞	*ŋʷa
澞	*ŋʷa
鸆	*ŋʷa
俁	*ŋʷaʔ
噳	*ŋʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 吳 (OC *ŋʷaː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): u⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): vu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): giâ / ngô͘ / gô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghê⁵ / ghou⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴
    • Yale: ǹgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: u⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vu¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâ
    • Tâi-lô: giâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡia¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡia²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³/

Note:

• giâ - vernacular;
• ngô͘/gô͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ghê⁵ / ghou⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gê / gôu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡe⁵⁵/, /ɡou⁵⁵/

Note:

• ghê5 - vernacular;
• ghou5 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu
    • MiniDict: wu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: u²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu

Rime
Character	蜈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五乎切
Baxter	ngu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/
Wang Li	/ŋu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜈
Reading #	1/1
No.	13095
Phonetic component	吳
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaː/
Notes	廣雅作吳公

Definitions

蜈

1. Only used in 蜈蚣 (wúgōng, “centipede”).

Compounds

• 蜈蚣 (wúgōng)
• 蜈蚣珊瑚
• 蜈蚣草
• 蜈蚣陣／蜈蚣阵
• 蜈蜞 (ngô͘-khî) (Min Nan)
• 蟧蜈／𮔚蜈 (lâ-giâ)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蜈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ご (go)

Korean

Hanja

蜈 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Tày

Noun

蜈 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of ngù (“snake”).

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội