螚

螚 U+879A, 螚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879A ← 螙 [U+8799] CJK Unified Ideographs 螛 → [U+879B]

Translingual

Han character

螚 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈心中一戈 (IPLMI), four-corner 2113₆, composition ⿱能虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33418
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2882, character 6
• Unihan data for U+879A

Chinese

trad.		螚
simp. #		螚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
態	*n̥ʰɯːs
能	*nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ
螚	*nɯːs
褦	*nɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nɯːs) : phonetic 能 (OC *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ) + semantic 虫 (“insect”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nài, něng (nai⁴, neng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ, ㄋㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nài
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nài
    • Wade–Giles: nai⁴
    • Yale: nài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nay
    • Palladius: най (naj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: něng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: něng
    • Wade–Giles: nêng³
    • Yale: něng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neeng
    • Palladius: нэн (nɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nojH

Rime
Character	螚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴代切
Baxter	nojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/nəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəjH/
Li Rong	/nᴀiH/
Wang Li	/nɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	noi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螚
Reading #	1/1
No.	9412
Phonetic component	能
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耐
Old Chinese	/*nɯːs/
Notes	見淮南子

Definitions

螚

1. ^† small gadfly
2. ^† insects like bees and wasps