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蚯

蚯

Translingual

Han character

蚯 (radical 142 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一 (LIOM), four-corner 52111, composition ⿰虫丘)

  1. earthworm

References

  • KangXi: page 1079, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32916
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2843, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+86AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蚯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
丘 *kʰʷɯ
邱 *kʰʷɯ
蚯 *kʰʷɯ
丠 *kʰʷɯ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蚯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 去鳩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰɨu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰiu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰuw/
Li
Rong		 /kʰiu/
Wang
Li		 /kʰĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蚯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qiū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khjuw ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʷʰə/
English 蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蚯
Reading # 1/1
No. 10525
Phonetic
component		 丘
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 丘
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰʷɯ/
Notes 見禮記

Definitions

蚯

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蚯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. earthworm

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

蚯 • ‎(gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

  1. (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm

Synonyms

  • 地龍 (지룡, jiryong)
  • 地龍子 (지룡자, jiryongja)

Compounds

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