# 蛆

| 蛆 | U+86C6, &#34502; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C6 |
| ← 蛅 [U+86C5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛇 → [U+86C7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月一 (LIBM), four-corner 5711$_0$, composition ⿰虫且)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32963
* Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 35
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 16
* Unihan data for U+86C6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
| 蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
| 摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
| 袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
| 怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
| 罝 | *ʔsjaː |
| 謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
| 姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
| 飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
| 趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
| 笡 | *sʰjaːs |
| 查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
| 柤 | *ʔsraː |
| 樝 | *ʔsraː |
| 皻 | *ʔsraː |
| 渣 | *ʔsraː |
| 楂 | *zraː |
| 苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
| 駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
| 租 | *ʔsaː |
| 蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
| 徂 | *zaː |
| 殂 | *zaː |
| 麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
| 伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
| 沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
| 咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
| 疽 | *sʰa |
| 雎 | *sʰa |
| 狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 岨 | *sʰa |
| 砠 | *sʰa |
| 坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 刞 | *sʰas |
| 覰 | *sʰas |
| 覷 | *sʰas |
| 跙 | *zaʔ |
| 筯 | *das |
| 菹 | *ʔsra |
| 葅 | *ʔsra |
| 阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
| 詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
| 豠 | *zra |
| 鋤 | *zra |
| 耡 | *zra, *zras |
| 齟 | *zraʔ |
| 助 | *zras |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsa, *sʰa) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qū (qu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhu / chhir / chhi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ce$^1$ / zu$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$chi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^1$
*** Yale: chyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^1$
*** Yale: chēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu
*** Tâi-lô: tshu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhir
*** Tâi-lô: tshir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ³³/
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰɨ³³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰɯ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
*** Tâi-lô: tshi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ce$^1$ / zu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ / tsu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɯ³³/, /t͡su³³/
* ce1 - vernacular;
* zu1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tshjo
Rime :
| Character | 蛆 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七余切 |
| Baxter | tshjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰa/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛆 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10420 |
| Phonetic component | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 疽 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰa/ |

#### Definitions

蛆
* maggot
* (figurative, derogatory) despicable person
* (Southern Min, Puxian Min) wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva
* (Taiwan, neologism, slang, derogatory) supporters of Kuomintang (KMT)
    Synonyms: 蛆蛆, 藍蛆／蓝蛆

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜎 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 孑孓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打老鬼, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 顛倒子, 水擔圪斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 孑孓, 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 跟斗蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 孑孓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 跟斗蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 逕蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 曲曲蛆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 沙蟲 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 沙蟲子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打滾蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 道跌子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 卜來來 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 吊孑子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 變魚蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把啷鼓墜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 車蛆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 水蛆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蛆, 大頭蛆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雨蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蛆, 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蛆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蠓蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 沙蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 沙蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打拳蛆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 孓襻蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 打拳蟲 |
| Wu | Danyang | 水孑孓, 彎蟲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 倒督蟲兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棲蟲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 骨骨蟲, 各各蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 糞缸蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 沙蟲子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 紅紗蟲 |

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “KMT supporters”): 吱 (zhī, “DPP supporters”)

#### Compounds

* 嚼蛆
* 如蛆附骨
* 攪肚蛆腸／搅肚蛆肠
* 攪蛆扒／搅蛆扒
* 海蛆
* 玉蛆
* 白嚼蛆
* 船蛆
* 蛆蟲／蛆虫 (qūchóng)
* 蠅蛆病／蝇蛆病 (yíngqūbìng)
* 蠶蛆蠅／蚕蛆蝇

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū (ju$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^1$
*** Yale: jēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsjo
Rime :
| Character | 蛆 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 子魚切 |
| Baxter | tsjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡siɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡si̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zeoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsa/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛆 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10414 |
| Phonetic component | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 且 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsa/ |

#### Definitions

蛆
* Only used in 蝍蛆 (jíjū).

#### Compounds

* 蝍蛆
* 蝍蛆鉗帶／蝍蛆钳带

### References

* “蛆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: そ (so)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho)
* Kun: うじ (uji, 蛆)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蛆
* うじ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蛆 – see the following entry. :
| 【うじウジ】 | [noun] (less common) larva, maggot Alternative spelling 蜡 |
(This term, 蛆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

蛆 (eum 저 (jeo))
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