# 蝴

| 蝴 | U+8774, &#34676; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8774 |
| ← 蝳 [U+8773] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝵 → [U+8775] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝴 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十口月 (LIJRB), four-corner 5712$_0$, composition ⿰虫胡)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1091, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33328
* Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2868, character 4
* Unihan data for U+8774

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hú, hù (hu$^2$, hu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ, ㄏㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fù
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘ / hô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hú
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hú
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$
*** Yale: hú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵/
** (vernacular)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hù
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hù
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^4$
*** Yale: hù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hù
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘ / hô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ôo / hôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oo, hoo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³/, /hɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³/, /hɔ²³/
* ô͘ - vernacular;
* hô͘ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: hu
Rime :
| Character | 蝴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸吳切 |
| Baxter | hu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣo/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4254 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胡 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaː/ |
| Notes | 胡後起分化字 |

### Definitions

蝴
* Only used in 蝴蝶 (húdié, “butterfly”).

### Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation hù.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)

## Korean
### Hanja

蝴 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蝴: Hán Nôm readings: hồ, hà
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