# 蚣

| 蚣 | U+86A3, &#34467; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86A3 |
| ← 蚢 [U+86A2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚤 → [U+86A4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蚣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈金戈 (LICI), four-corner 5813$_2$, composition ⿰虫公)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1078, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32892
* Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2839, character 12
* Unihan data for U+86A3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 慃 | *qroːŋʔ |
| 袞 | *kluːnʔ |
| 蔉 | *kluːnʔ |
| 滾 | *kluːnʔ |
| 忩 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 鬆 | *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ |
| 凇 | *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ |
| 公 | *kloːŋ |
| 蚣 | *kloːŋ, *kljoŋ |
| 翁 | *qloːŋ |
| 螉 | *qloːŋ |
| 蓊 | *qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ |
| 嗡 | *qloːŋ |
| 滃 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 暡 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 勜 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 塕 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 瓮 | *qloːŋs |
| 崧 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 菘 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 硹 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 淞 | *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ |
| 蜙 | *sqʰloŋ |
| 倯 | *sqʰloŋ |
| 松 | *sɢloŋ |
| 訟 | *sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs |
| 頌 | *sɢloŋs, *loŋ |
| 忪 | *kljoŋ |
| 彸 | *kljoŋ |
| 衳 | *kljoŋ |
| 伀 | *kljoŋ |
| 妐 | *kljoŋ |
| 炂 | *kljoŋ |
| 鈆 | *kljoŋ, *lon |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kloːŋ, *kljoŋ) : semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gōng (gong$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gong$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gung$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kûng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gung$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): gung$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gĕ̤ng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kang / kong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gang$^1$ / gong$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gong
*** Wade–Giles: kung$^1$
*** Yale: gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
*** Palladius: гун (gun)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gong$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gung
*** Sinological IPA : /koŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gung$^1$
*** Yale: gūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: guung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵŋ³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuŋ⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kũŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gĕ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /køyŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang / kong
*** Tâi-lô: kang / kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kafng, kofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³/, /kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
* kang - vernacular;
* kong - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kuwng
Rime :
| Character | 蚣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古紅切 |
| Baxter | kuwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kloːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蚣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 4093 |
| Phonetic component | 公 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 公 |
| Old Chinese | /*kloːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

蚣
* Only used in 蜈蚣 (wúgōng) and its regional synonyms.

#### Compounds

* 紅蚣／红蚣
* 蜈蚣 (wúgōng)

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* 蜙 (sōng)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōng (zhong$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhong
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$
*** Yale: jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
*** Palladius: чжун (čžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyowng
Rime :
| Character | 蚣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職容切 |
| Baxter | tsyowng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨoŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuawŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭwoŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯woŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kljoŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蚣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 4121 |
| Phonetic component | 公 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鍾 |
| Old Chinese | /*kljoŋ/ |

#### Definitions

蚣
* Used in compounds.

#### Compounds

* 蚣蝑 (zhōngxū)
* 蚣䗥／蚣𰲯 (zhōngzōng)
* 蚣𧐱／蚣𬟺 (zhōngzōng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* centipede
* grasshopper

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)、しゅ (shu)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)、しょう (shō)

## Korean
### Hanja

蚣 • (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune–Reischauer kong, Yale kong)
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