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蟄

蟄

See also: 蛰

Translingual

Han character

蟄 (radical 142 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈中一戈 (GILMI), four-corner 45136, composition ⿱執虫)

  1. to hibernate

References

  • KangXi: page 1096, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33537
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2883, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+87C4

Chinese

trad. 蟄
simp. 蛰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (執) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
騺 *tibs
摯 *tjibs
贄 *tjibs
鷙 *tjibs
墊 *tiːms, *diːb
慹 *tjeb, *ndiːb, *sdib, *tjib
謺 *tjeb
褺 *diːb
蓻 *stib
縶 *tib
漐 *tʰib
蟄 *dib
執 *tjib
瓡 *tjib

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *dib) : phonetic 執 ‎(OC *tjib) + semantic 虫 ‎(“bug”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蟄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 緝 (142)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 直立切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖjip̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȡjəp̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蟄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhé
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drip ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]rip/
English hibernate; cluster

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 蟄
Reading # 1/1
No. 17289
Phonetic
component		 執
Rime
group		 緝
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 蟄
Old
Chinese		 /*dib/

Definitions

蟄

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Compounds

  • 出蟄／出蛰
  • 啟蟄／启蛰
  • 蟄伏／蛰伏
  • 蟄居／蛰居
  • 蟄獸／蛰兽
  • 蟄蟄／蛰蛰
  • 蟄蟲／蛰虫
  • 蟄陷／蛰陷
  • 蟄雷／蛰雷
  • 閉蟄／闭蛰
  • 驚蟄／惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)

References

Japanese

Kanji

蟄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

蟄 • ‎(chip) (hangeul 칩, revised chip, McCune-Reischauer ch'ip, Yale chip)

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