# 孑孓
## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Via deformations of the character 子 (“child”). The individual characters originally meant “without a right arm” and “without a left arm” (Shuowen Jiezi).

### Etymology

Related to 詰屈 (“bending; twisting”) (Wang Niansun).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiéjué
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kit$^3$ kyut$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjyué
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^2$-chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jyé-jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyue
*** Palladius: цзецзюэ (czeczjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kit$^3$ kyut$^3$
*** Yale: kit kyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kit$^8$ kyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kid$^3$ küd$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiːt̚³ kʰyːt̚³/
* Middle Chinese: kjet kjwot|kjut|kjowngX
Rime :
| Character | 孑 | 孓 | 孓 | 孓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (83) | 月 (68) | 物 (60) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 居列切 | 居月切 | 九勿切 | 居悚切 |
| Baxter | kjet | kjwot | kjut | kjowngX |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiᴇt̚/ | /kʉɐt̚/ | /kɨut̚/ | /kɨoŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚiɛt̚/ | /kʷiɐt̚/ | /kiut̚/ | /kioŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiæt̚/ | /kiuɐt̚/ | /kiuət̚/ | /kioŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kiat̚/ | /kuat̚/ | /kut̚/ | /kuawŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kjɛt̚/ | /kiuɐt̚/ | /kiuət̚/ | /kioŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭɛt̚/ | /kĭwɐt̚/ | /kĭuət̚/ | /kĭwoŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯ɛt̚/ | /ki̯wɐt̚/ | /ki̯uət̚/ | /ki̯woŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jie | jue | ju | jiǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | git$^3$ | gyut$^3$ | gwat$^1$ | gung$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ked kʷad|kʷɯd|kʷoŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 孑 | 孓 | 孓 | 孓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 6435 | 7225 | 7223 | 7224 |
| Phonetic component | 孑 | 孓 | 孒 | 孓 |
| Rime group | 月 | 月 | 物 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 孑 | 厥 | | 拱 |
| Old Chinese | /*ked/ | /*kʷad/ | /*kʷɯd/ | /*kʷoŋʔ/ |
| Notes | | 原作孒 | | 原作孒 |

### Noun

孑孓
* mosquito larva; wriggler

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜎 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 孑孓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打老鬼, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 顛倒子, 水擔圪斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 孑孓, 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 跟斗蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 孑孓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 跟斗蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 逕蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 曲曲蛆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 沙蟲 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 沙蟲子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打滾蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 道跌子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 卜來來 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 吊孑子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 變魚蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把啷鼓墜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 車蛆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 水蛆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雨蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蛆, 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蛆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蠓蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 沙蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 沙蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打拳蛆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 孓襻蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 打拳蟲 |
| Wu | Danyang | 水孑孓, 彎蟲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 倒督蟲兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棲蟲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 骨骨蟲, 各各蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 糞缸蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 沙蟲子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 紅紗蟲 |

### Adjective

孑孓
* (ideophonic, obsolete, of an animal's body) bending and stretching