蠖

蠖	U+8816, 蠖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8816

← 蠕
[U+8815]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蠗 →
[U+8817]

Translingual

Han character

蠖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿人水 (LITOE), four-corner 5414₇, composition ⿰虫蒦)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33752
Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 37
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2895, character 10
Unihan data for U+8816

Chinese

trad.		蠖
simp. ^#		蠖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
檴	ɢʷraːɡs, ɢʷaːɡ
鱯	ɢʷraːɡs, ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護	*ɢʷraːɡs
頀	*ɢʷraːɡs
濩	ɢʷraːɡs, ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄	*ɢʷraːɡs
擭	ɢʷaːɡs, ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁	*ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐	*qʰʷaːɡ
穫	*ɢʷaːɡ
鑊	*ɢʷaːɡ
矆	*qʰʷaɡ
鸌	*qʷaːɡ
雘	*qʷaːɡ
蠖	*qʷaːɡ
臒	qʷaːɡ, qʷaɡ
嬳	qʷaːɡ, qʷaɡ
彠	qʷaɡ, qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄	*ɢʷraːɡ
獲	*ɢʷraːɡ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wok⁶ / wok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huò
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huò
  - Wade–Giles: huo⁴
  - Yale: hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
  - Palladius: хо (xo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wok⁶ / wok³
  - Yale: wohk / wok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wok⁹ / wok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wog⁶ / wog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːk̚²/, /wɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: 'wak

Rime
Character	蠖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏郭切
Baxter	'wak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwak̚/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/uɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wok³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠖
Reading #	1/1
No.	5592
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	雘
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːɡ/

Definitions

蠖

Clipping of 尺蠖 (chǐhuò): inchworm

Compounds

尺蠖 (chǐhuò)
尺蠖之屈
尺蠖蛾
溫蠖 / 温蠖
蚇蠖 (chǐhuò)
蜎蠖
蠖伸
蠖屈
蠖屈求伸

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
  - Yale: ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
  - Palladius: юэ (jue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

蠖

only used in 蠖略

Japanese

Kanji

蠖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: わく (waku)
Kan-on: わく (waku)
Kan’yō-on: かく (kaku)
Kun: かくれる (kakureru)、しりぞく (shirizoku)

Korean

Hanja

蠖 • (hwak) (hangeul 확, revised hwag)

(자벌레) inchworm, measuring worm, geometrid

Synonyms

尺蠖 (척확, cheoghwag)
蚇 (척, cheog)
蠖 (확, hwag)

Compounds

尺蠖 (척확, cheoghwag) measuring worm
尺蠖蛾 (척확아, cheoghwag-a) geometrid moth