# 蝎

| 蝎 | U+874E, &#34638; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-874E |
| ← 蝍 [U+874D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝏 → [U+874F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝎 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日心女 (LIAPV), four-corner 5612$_7$, composition ⿰虫曷)
* scorpion
* bedbug

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 40
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33254
* Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2870, character 3
* Unihan data for U+874E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蝎 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 愒 | *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad |
| 馤 | *qaːds |
| 靄 | *qaːds, *qaːd |
| 餲 | *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd |
| 喝 | *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd |
| 揭 | *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad |
| 偈 | *ɡrads, *ɡrad |
| 猲 | *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad |
| 葛 | *kaːd |
| 輵 | *kaːd |
| 獦 | *klaːd, *rab |
| 渴 | *kʰaːd, *ɡrad |
| 嵑 | *kʰaːd |
| 暍 | *qʰaːd, *qad |
| 曷 | *ɡaːd |
| 褐 | *ɡaːd |
| 鶡 | *ɡaːd |
| 毼 | *ɡaːd |
| 蝎 | *ɡaːd |
| 鞨 | *ɡaːd, *ɢljad |
| 遏 | *qaːd |
| 齃 | *qaːd |
| 堨 | *qaːd |
| 擖 | *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb |
| 楬 | *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 朅 | *kʰrad |
| 藒 | *kʰrad |
| 竭 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 碣 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 羯 | *kad |
| 鍻 | *kad |
| 歇 | *qʰad |
| 蠍 | *qʰad |
| 謁 | *qad |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hot$^3$ / hot$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hot$^3$ / hot$^6$
*** Yale: hot / hoht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hot$^8$ / hot$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hod$^3$ / hod$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːt̚³/, /hɔːt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: hat
Rime :
| Character | 蝎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 曷 (63) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡葛切 |
| Baxter | hat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hot$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5034 |
| Phonetic component | 曷 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 曷 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːd/ |

#### Definitions

蝎
* insect that eats wood

##### Compounds

* 磨蝎
* 蝎蝎螫螫

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see 蠍 (“scorpion”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 蠍).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### Compounds

* 蛇蝎 (shéxiē)
* 蝎子 (xiēzi)
* 蝎虎 (xiēhǔ)
* 蝎蝎螫螫

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see 虹 (“rainbow; primary rainbow; bridge; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 虹).

### References

* “蝎”, 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)
* scorpion

#### Readings

* Go-on: がち (gachi)
* Kan-on: かつ (katsu)
* Kun: すくもむし (sukumomushi)、さそり (sasori)

#### Compounds

* 蛇蝎(だかつ) (dakatsu)

#### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蝎
* さそり Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蝎 – see the following entry. :
| 【蠍さそり】H | [noun] a scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones) Alternative spelling サソリ |
(This term, 蝎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

蝎 • (gal) (hangeul 갈, revised gal, McCune–Reischauer kal, Yale kal)
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#### Readings 1

* Name : 전갈(scorpion), 빈대(bedbug)
* Sound : 갈 (gal)

#### Readings 2

* Name : 나무굼뱅이(the larva of a longicorn)
* Sound : 할 (hal)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蝎: Hán Nôm readings: hạt, rết, rít, yết
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