# 尺蠖
## Chinese

* 尺蠖

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chǐhuò
    (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cek$^3$ wok$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek-hō͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǐhuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhhuò
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^3$-huo$^4$
*** Yale: chř-hwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyhuoh
*** Palladius: чихо (čixo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cek$^3$ wok$^6$
*** Yale: chek wohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsek$^8$ wok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cég$^3$ wog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ wɔːk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-hō͘
*** Tâi-lô: tshik-hōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhekho
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhek 'wak
Rime :
| Character | 尺 | 蠖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) | 鐸 (104) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 昌石切 | 烏郭切 |
| Baxter | tsyhek | 'wak |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/ | /ʔwɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ | /ʔʷɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰiæk̚/ | /ʔuɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰiajk̚/ | /ʔwak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ | /ʔuɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/ | /uɑk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/ | /ʔwɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chi | wo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cik$^1$ | wok$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaɡ qʷaːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 尺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyhek › |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰAk/ |
| English | foot (measure) |
| 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 | 尺 | 蠖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1461 | 5592 |
| Phonetic component | 尺 | 蒦 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 尺 | 雘 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjaɡ/ | /*qʷaːɡ/ |

### Noun

尺蠖
* looper; inchworm; measuring worm
    From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
    Chǐhuò zhī qū, yǐ qiú xìn yě. Lóngshé zhī zhé, yǐ cún shēn yě. Jīng yì rù shén, yǐ zhì yòng yě. Lì yòng ān shēn, yǐ chóng dé yě. Guò cǐ yǐwǎng, wèi zhī huò zhī yě. Qióngshén zhīhuà, dé zhī shèng yě. [Pinyin]
    When the looper coils itself up, it thereby straightens itself again; when worms and snakes go into the state of hybernation, they thereby keep themselves alive. (So), when we minutely investigate the nature and reasons (of things), till we have entered into the inscrutable and spirit-like in them, we attain to the largest practical application of them; when that application becomes the quickest and readiest, and all personal restfulness is secured, our virtue is thereby exalted. Going on beyond this, we reach a point which it is hardly possible to know. We have thoroughly comprehended the inscrutable and spirit-like, and know the processes of transformation; - this is the fulness of virtue.

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 尺蠖(しゃっかく) (shakkaku); 尺蠖(せっかく) (sekkaku)
* → Korean: 척확(尺蠖) (cheokhwak)
* → Vietnamese: xích oách (尺蠖), xích hoạch (尺蠖)