# 蝃

| 蝃 | U+8743, &#34627; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8743 |
| ← 蝂 [U+8742] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝄 → [U+8744] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝃 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈水水水 (LIEEE), four-corner 5714$_7$, composition ⿰虫叕)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33216
* Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2867, character 6
* Unihan data for U+8743

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蝃 | *tɯːds, *tjod |
| 欼 | *sʰrɯʔ |
| 綴 | *tods, *tod |
| 醊 | *tods, *tod |
| 畷 | *tods, *tod |
| 啜 | *tods, *djods, *tod, *tʰjod, *djod |
| 餟 | *tods, *tod |
| 腏 | *tods, *toːd, *tod |
| 錣 | *tods, *rtoːd |
| 輟 | *tods, *tod |
| 娺 | *tul, *rtoːd |
| 窡 | *rtoːd, *rtoːd |
| 鵽 | *rtoːd, *rtoːd, *toːd |
| 掇 | *toːd, *tod |
| 剟 | *toːd, *tod |
| 裰 | *toːd |
| 敠 | *toːd, *sʰlod |
| 惙 | *tod |
| 罬 | *tod, *ktod |
| 叕 | *tod |
| 歠 | *tʰjod |
| 逫 | *tud |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dì (di$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dì
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$
*** Yale: dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^3$
*** Yale: dai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: tejH
Rime :
| Character | 蝃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都計切 |
| Baxter | tejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /tei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tiei$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tɯːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 17776 |
| Phonetic component | 叕 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 帝 |
| Old Chinese | /*tɯːds/ |

#### Definitions

蝃
* Only used in 蝃蝀／蝃𬟽.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuō (zhuo$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuo
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^1$
*** Yale: jwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyut$^3$
*** Yale: jyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːt̚³/
* Middle Chinese: tsywet
Rime :
| Character | 蝃 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (82) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職悅切 |
| Baxter | tsywet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiuᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʷiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjuæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cwiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiuɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭuɛt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯wɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjod/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝃 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 17813 |
| Phonetic component | 叕 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 拙 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjod/ |

#### Definitions

蝃
* Only used in 蝃蝥 (zhuōwú).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04293
* “蝃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): てい (tei)、たい (tai)、せつ (setsu)、せち (sechi)
* Kun: にじ (niji)