# 螆

| 螆 | U+8786, &#34694; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8786 |
| ← 螅 [U+8785] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螇 → [U+8787] |
| 螆 | U+2F9BE, &#195006; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9BE |
| ← 蝫 [U+2F9BD] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 䗗 → [U+2F9BF] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* In traditional Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong), the right component is written 茲 (contains 艹), which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
* In simplified Chinese (mainland China), the right component is written 兹 (contains 䒑), which is also a historical variant found in classical Chinese dictionaries.
* In Japanese kanji, the right component is written 玆 (duplication of 玄).
* Due to Han unification, the three forms above are encoded under the same code point. This character will appear differently depending on the font used.

### Han character

螆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10 in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 虫+9 in simplified Chinese, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 15 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 中戈廿女戈 (LITVI), four-corner 5813$_2$, composition ⿰虫兹(G) or ⿰虫茲(HT) or ⿰虫玆(J))

#### Related characters

* 蛓 (Orthodox form in classical usage)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33368
* Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 16
* Unihan data for U+8786
* Unihan data for U+2F9BE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 糍 | *zi |
| 茲 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯ |
| 滋 | *ʔsɯ |
| 孳 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯs |
| 嵫 | *ʔsɯ |
| 嗞 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鎡 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鰦 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鶿 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯ |
| 稵 | *ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw |
| 螆 | *sʰɯs |
| 慈 | *zɯ |
| 鷀 | *zɯ |
| 磁 | *zɯ |
| 礠 | *zlɯ |
| 濨 | *zlɯ |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 螆 – see 蛓 (“a kind of caterpillar”). (This character is a variant form of 蛓).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cì (ci$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cì
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^4$
*** Yale: tsz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
*** Palladius: цы (cy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tshiH
Rime :
| Character | 螆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七吏切 |
| Baxter | tshiH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^3$ |

#### Definitions

螆
* Used in 螆蛦 (“type of giant tortoise”).
    alt. forms: 茲夷／兹夷
    Synonym: 蟕蠵

### Etymology 3

From the non-aspirated reading of 疵 (cī).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

螆
* skin itch
* parasite

### Compounds

* 水螆
* 油螆
* 生螆
* 蚊螆
* 螆螬
* 飛螆／飞螆

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12389

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)