# 蝹

| 蝹 | U+8779, &#34681; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8779 |
| ← 蝸 [U+8778] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝺 → [U+877A] |
| 蝹 | U+FAB5, &#64181; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAB5 |
| ← 華 [U+FAB4] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 襁 → [U+FAB6] |
| 蝹 | U+2F9BB, &#195003; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9BB |
| ← 蛢 [U+2F9BA] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 蜨 → [U+2F9BC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日月廿 (LIABT) or 中戈田人廿 (LIWOT), four-corner 5611$_7$, composition ⿰虫昷(G) or ⿰虫𥁕(HTK))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33396
* Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8779
* Unihan data for U+FAB5
* Unihan data for U+2F9BB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 媪 |
| 蝹 | *quːʔ, *qrun, *qun |
| 溫 | *quːn |
| 𥁕 | *quːn |
| 輼 | *quːn |
| 蕰 | *quːn, *qunʔ, *quns |
| 殟 | *quːn, *quːd |
| 豱 | *quːn |
| 緼 | *quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns |
| 韞 | *quːn, *qunʔ |
| 瘟 | *quːn |
| 揾 | *quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd |
| 氲 | *qun |
| 煴 | *qun, *quns |
| 馧 | *qun, *quːd |
| 蒀 |
| 藴 | *qun, *qunʔ |
| 褞 | *qunʔ |
| 醖 |
| 慍 | *quns |
| 蘊 | *quns |
| 腽 | *quːd |
| 榅 | *quːd |
| 嗢 | *quːd, *qruːd |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yūn (yun$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yun
*** Wade–Giles: yün$^1$
*** Yale: yūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iun
*** Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /yn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'win
Rime :
| Character | 蝹 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (45) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於倫切 |
| Baxter | 'win |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷᵚin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjin/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ǐĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*quːʔ/, /*qrun/, /*qun/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝹 | 蝹 | 蝹 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 12968 | 12979 | 12985 |
| Phonetic component | 昷 | 昷 | 昷 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 襖 | 贇 | 煴 |
| Old Chinese | /*quːʔ/ | /*qrun/ | /*qun/ |
| Notes | | 原列眞韻見漢賦 | 見漢賦 |

#### Definitions

蝹
* to move about like a dragon

### Etymology 2

* 蝹

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ǎo (ao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^3$
*** Yale: ǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'awX
Rime :
| Character | 蝹 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏晧切 |
| Baxter | 'awX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ou$^2$ |

#### Definitions

蝹
* legendary creature that devours human brains

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un
*** Tâi-lô: un
*** Phofsit Daibuun: wn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

蝹
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to curl up one's body

### References

* “Entry #11917”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.