# 蜈

| 蜈 | U+8708, &#34568; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8708 |
| ← 蜇 [U+8707] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蜉 → [U+8709] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蜈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口一大 (LIRMK) or 中戈口女大 (LIRVK), four-corner 5613$_4$, composition ⿰虫吳(THJK) or ⿰虫吴(G))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33099
* Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2855, character 7
* Unihan data for U+8708

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 吳 | *ŋʷaː |
| 蜈 | *ŋʷaː |
| 鋘 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː |
| 麌 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ |
| 祦 | *ŋaː |
| 誤 | *ŋʷaːs |
| 悞 | *ŋʷaːs |
| 娛 | *ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa |
| 虞 | *ŋʷa |
| 澞 | *ŋʷa |
| 鸆 | *ŋʷa |
| 俁 | *ŋʷaʔ |
| 噳 | *ŋʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 吳 (OC *ŋʷaː).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wú (wu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ng$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): u$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): giâ / ngô͘ / gô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ghê$^5$ / ghou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wú
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wú
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$
*** Yale: wú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ng$^4$
*** Yale: ǹgh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: u$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâ
*** Tâi-lô: giâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giaa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡia¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡia²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡia²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
*** Tâi-lô: gôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³/
* giâ - vernacular;
* ngô͘/gô͘ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: ngu
Rime :
| Character | 蜈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五乎切 |
| Baxter | ngu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋo/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13095 |
| Phonetic component | 吳 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 吾 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋʷaː/ |
| Notes | 廣雅作吳公 |

### Definitions

蜈
* Only used in 蜈蚣 (wúgōng, “centipede”).

### Compounds

* 蜈蚣 (wúgōng)
* 蜈蚣珊瑚
* 蜈蚣草
* 蜈蚣陣／蜈蚣阵
* 蜈蜞 (ngô͘-khî) (Min Nan)
* 蟧蜈／𮔚蜈 (lâ-giâ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ご (go)

## Korean
### Hanja

蜈 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)
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## Tày
### Noun

蜈 (transliteration needed)
* Nôm form of ngù (“snake”).

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội