虸

虸 U 8678, 虸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8678 ← 虷 [U 8677] CJK Unified Ideographs 虹 → [U 8679]

Translingual

Han character

虸 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫 3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓木 (LIND), composition ⿰虫子)

1. (obsolete) pests that eat the leaves of crops

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32825
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2835, character 16
• Unihan data for U 8678

Chinese

simp. and trad.		虸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孜	*ʔslɯ
仔	*ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ
孖	*ʔslɯ, *zlɯs
子	*ʔslɯʔ
虸	*ʔslɯʔ
耔	*ʔslɯʔ
秄	*ʔslɯʔ
杍	*ʔslɯʔ
籽	*ʔslɯʔ
字	*zlɯs
茡	*zlɯs
芓	*zlɯs
牸	*zlɯs
李	*rɯʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³
    • Yale: dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsiX

Rime
Character	虸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即里切
Baxter	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虸
Reading #	1/1
No.	17859
Phonetic component	子
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	子
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Definitions

虸

1. Only used in 虸蚄 (zǐfāng).

Vietnamese

Han character

虸: Nôm readings: tửa

1. Nôm form of tửa (“maggots”).