# 蟣

| 蟣 | U+87E3, &#34787; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87E3 |
| ← 蟢 [U+87E2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟤 → [U+87E4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女戈戈 (LIVII), four-corner 5215$_3$, composition ⿰虫幾)
* nit egg of a louse
* foam

#### See also

* 卵, 蛋, 鮞/鲕, 鯤/鲲, 虮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33596
* Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 34
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2894, character 16
* Unihan data for U+87E3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 機 | *kɯl |
| 譏 | *kɯl |
| 嘰 | *kɯl |
| 磯 | *kɯl |
| 鞿 | *kɯl |
| 饑 | *kɯl |
| 禨 | *kɯl, *kɯls |
| 幾 | *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls |
| 鐖 | *kɯl |
| 僟 | *kɯl |
| 璣 | *kɯl |
| 蟣 | *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl |
| 穖 | *kɯlʔ |
| 畿 | *ɡɯl |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǐ (ji$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gei$^2$
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ji$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^3$
*** Yale: jǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^2$
*** Yale: géi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯³⁵/
* Xiang
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³³/
* Middle Chinese: kj+jX
Rime :
| Character | 蟣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居狶切 |
| Baxter | kj+jX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɨi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiəi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiəi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭəi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ke̯i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 5799 |
| Phonetic component | 幾 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蟣 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

蟣
* egg of a louse; nit
* (literary) foam above wine

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蟣 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蟣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蟣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蟣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蟣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蟣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蟣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蟣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蟣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蟣子, 蝨子子兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 蟣子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蟣子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 蟣子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蟣子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蟣子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蟣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蟣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蟣子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蟣子, 蟣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蝨蟣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蟣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蟣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蟣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蟣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蟣子, 蝨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蝨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 風蝨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蟣蛋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蟣子, 蟣子蛋, 蝨子蛋, 蝨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蟣子, 蝨子蛋, 蝨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蟣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蟣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蝨蟣子, 蝨蟣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蝨蟣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蟣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蟣蚤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蟣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蝨蟣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蟣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蝨蟣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蝨蟣子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蝨乸春 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蝨乸春 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蝨蟣子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蝨蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蝨子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蝨嫲卵, 蝨嫲春 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蝨子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蝨蟣 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Datong | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Jining | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Handan | 蟣子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蟣哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 蟣子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蝨嫲卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蝨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蝨卵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蝨卵 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蝨卵 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蝨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蟣蝨子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蟣子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蝨子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蝨子蛋 |

#### Compounds

* 素蟣／素虮
* 蝨脛蟣肝／虱胫虮肝
* 蝨蟣／虱虮
* 蝨蟣子／虱虮子
* 蟣子／虮子 (jǐzi)
* 蟣肝／虮肝
* 蟣臣／虮臣
* 蟣蝨／虮虱 (jǐshī)
* 蟣蝨子／虮虱子
* 蟣蝨相弔／虮虱相吊
* 蟣蝨相弔／虮虱相吊
* 蟣蝨臣／虮虱臣
* 蟣衣／虮衣
* 鼠臂蟣肝／鼠臂虮肝

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí, jǐ (qi$^2$, ji$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^3$
*** Yale: jǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$
*** Yale: kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: gj+j
Rime :
| Character | 蟣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠希切 |
| Baxter | gj+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ge̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɡ]əj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蟣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.[ɡ]əj/ (not in GSR) |
| English | leech |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 5805 |
| Phonetic component | 幾 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 祈 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯl/ |

#### Definitions

蟣
* (literary) leech

#### Compounds

* 蛭蟣／蛭虮

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* louse eggs
* nits

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)、け (ke)、げ (ge)
* Kun: しらみ (shirami)

## Korean
### Hanja

蟣 (eum 기 (gi))
* nits
* leech