U+8798, 螘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8798

[U+8797]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8799]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山一廿 (LIUMT), four-corner 52118, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33415
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+8798

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𰲹
alternative forms 𧔮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ): semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ)

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“ant; foam or sediment in wine; lees; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. alternative form of

Readings

  • Go-on: (gi)
  • Kan-on: (gi)
  • Kun: あり (ari, )

Korean

Hanja

• (ui) (hangeul , revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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