# 蚼

| 蚼 | U+86BC, &#34492; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86BC |
| ← 蚻 [U+86BB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚽 → [U+86BD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蚼 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈心口 (LIPR), four-corner 5712$_0$, composition ⿰虫句)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32933
* Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2844, character 12
* Unihan data for U+86BC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蚼
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 勾 | *koː, *koːs |
| 鉤 | *koː |
| 鴝 | *koː, *ɡo |
| 句 | *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo |
| 夠 | *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː |
| 枸 | *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ |
| 軥 | *koː, *koːs, *ɡo |
| 狗 | *koːʔ |
| 苟 | *koːʔ |
| 岣 | *koːʔ, *ko |
| 笱 | *koːʔ |
| 玽 | *koːʔ |
| 耇 | *koːʔ |
| 豿 | *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ |
| 敂 | *koːʔ |
| 怐 | *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos |
| 雊 | *koːs |
| 竘 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ |
| 齁 | *qʰoː |
| 呴 | *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos |
| 蚼 | *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo |
| 豞 | *qʰoːs |
| 訽 | *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs |
| 佝 | *qʰoːs |
| 拘 | *ko |
| 駒 | *ko |
| 眗 | *ko |
| 跔 | *ko |
| 鮈 | *ko |
| 痀 | *ko |
| 蒟 | *koʔ, *kos |
| 絇 | *kos, *ɡo |
| 邭 | *kos |
| 劬 | *ɡo |
| 朐 | *ɡo |
| 鼩 | *ɡo |
| 斪 | *ɡo |
| 翑 | *ɡo |
| 葋 | *ɡo |
| 姁 | *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 欨 | *qʰo, *qʰoʔ |
| 喣 | *qʰoʔ |
| 煦 | *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 昫 | *qʰos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǒu (gou$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gau$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^3$
*** Yale: gǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou
*** Palladius: гоу (gou)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gau$^2$
*** Yale: gáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

蚼
* Used in 蚼犬.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qú (qu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qú
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^2$
*** Yale: chyú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^4$
*** Yale: kèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: gju, xuwX
Rime :
| Character | 蚼 | 蚼 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 其俱切 | 呼后切 |
| Baxter | gju | xuwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨo/ | /həu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡio/ | /həu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡio/ | /xəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /guə̆/ | /həw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡio/ | /xu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭu/ | /xəu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi̯u/ | /xə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qú | hǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | keoi$^4$ | hau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤ(r)oʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡo/, /*qʰoːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蚼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xuw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰˁ(r)oʔ/ |
| English | ant (Sagart & Ma, 2020) |
| 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 | 蚼 | 蚼 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 7117 | 7087 |
| Phonetic component | 句 | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 衢 | 吼 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡo/ | /*qʰoːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

蚼
* Used in 玄蚼.