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蝎
蝎
See also: 蠍
Translingual
Han character
蝎 (radical 142 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日心女 (LIAPV), four-corner 56127, composition ⿰虫曷)
References
- KangXi: page 1088, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33254
- Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2870, character 3
- Unihan data for U+874E
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蝎
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (曷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 愒 | *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad |
| 馤 | *qaːds |
| 靄 | *qaːds, *qaːd |
| 餲 | *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd |
| 喝 | *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd |
| 揭 | *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad |
| 偈 | *ɡrads, *ɡrad |
| 猲 | *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad |
| 葛 | *kaːd |
| 輵 | *kaːd |
| 獦 | *klaːd, *rab |
| 渴 | *kʰaːd, *ɡrad |
| 嵑 | *kʰaːd |
| 暍 | *qʰaːd, *qad |
| 曷 | *ɡaːd |
| 褐 | *ɡaːd |
| 鶡 | *ɡaːd |
| 毼 | *ɡaːd |
| 蝎 | *ɡaːd |
| 鞨 | *ɡaːd, *ɢljad |
| 遏 | *qaːd |
| 齃 | *qaːd |
| 堨 | *qaːd |
| 擖 | *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb |
| 楬 | *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 朅 | *kʰrad |
| 藒 | *kʰrad |
| 竭 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 碣 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 羯 | *kad |
| 鍻 | *kad |
| 歇 | *qʰad |
| 蠍 | *qʰad |
| 謁 | *qad |
Etymology 1
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simp. and trad. |
蝎 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
- Wade-Giles: ho2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
- IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hot3, hot6
- Yale: hot, hoht
- Cantonese Pinyin: hot8, hot9
- IPA (key): /hɔːt̚³/, /hɔːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蝎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 曷 (63) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡葛切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦat̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣɑt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hé |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蝎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5034 |
| Phonetic component |
曷 |
| Rime group |
月 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
曷 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡaːd/ |
Definitions
蝎
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Compounds
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see 蠍. (This character, 蝎, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 蠍.) |
Notes:
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Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see 虹. (This character, 蝎, is a variant form of 虹.) |
References
Japanese
Kanji
蝎
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
蝎 • (gal) (hangeul 갈, revised gal, McCune-Reischauer kal, Yale kal)
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Readings 1
Readings 2
- Name : 나무굼뱅이(the larva of a longicorn)
- Sound : 할 (hal)

