蠪

蠪 U 882A, 蠪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-882A ← 蠩 [U 8829] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠫 → [U 882B]

Translingual

Han character

蠪 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫 16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜心中一戈 (YPLMI), four-corner 0113₆, composition ⿱龍虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1102, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2905, character 7
• Unihan data for U 882A

Chinese

trad.		蠪
simp.		𰲴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: luwng

Rime
Character	蠪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
Baxter	luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠪
Reading #	1/1
No.	8426
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/

Definitions

蠪

1. ^† a large kind of ant
2. ^† Used in 蚵蠪／蚵𰲴.
3. ^† Used in 蚗蠪／蚗𰲴.
4. ^† Used in 蠪蛭／𰲴蛭 and 蠪姪／𰲴侄.