# 蝟

| 蝟 | U+875F, &#34655; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875F |
| ← 蝞 [U+875E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝠 → [U+8760] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田月 (LIWB), four-corner 5612$_7$, composition ⿰虫胃)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33287
* Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 6
* Unihan data for U+875F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 喟 | *kʰruːds, *kʰruds |
| 胃 | *ɢuds |
| 謂 | *ɢuds |
| 媦 | *ɢuds |
| 蝟 | *ɢuds |
| 渭 | *ɢuds |
| 煟 | *ɢuds |
| 緭 | *ɢuds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).

### Etymology

See 彙／汇 (huì, “hedgehog (obsolete)”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèi (wei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$
*** Yale: wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^6$
*** Yale: waih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+jH
Rime :
| Character | 蝟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 于貴切 |
| Baxter | hjw+jH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /we̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蝟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjwɨj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/ |
| English | porcupine |
| 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 | 蝟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12945 |
| Phonetic component | 胃 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胃 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢuds/ |
| Notes | 説文同彚 |

### Definitions

蝟
* hedgehog

#### Compounds

* 刺蝟／刺猬 (cìwèi)
* 蝟縮／猬缩 (wèisuō)
* 蝟起／猬起
* 蝟集／猬集 (wèijí)
* 蝟鳳梨／猬凤梨 (wèifènglí)
* 觀者蝟集／观者猬集

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: はりねずみ (harinezumi, 蝟)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蝟
* はりねずみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蝟 – see the following entry. :
| 【針鼠はりねずみ】 | [noun] a hedgehog Alternative spellings 猬, 彙, ハリネズミ |
(This term, 蝟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蝟
* い Hyōgai
* on'yomi
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 蝟 (MC hjw+jH).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]

#### Noun

蝟(い) • (i)
* the Chinese name of the 針鼠 (harinezumi, “hedgehog”)

##### Derived terms

* 蝟(い)集(しゅう) (ishū, “to gather (like the spines of a hedgehog)”)

## Korean
### Hanja

蝟 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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