# 蟯

| 蟯 | U+87EF, &#34799; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87EF |
| ← 蟮 [U+87EE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟰 → [U+87F0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土土山 (LIGGU), four-corner 5411$_1$, composition ⿰虫堯)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33626
* Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2889, character 5
* Unihan data for U+87EF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
| 鐃 | *rŋaːw |
| 譊 | *rŋaːw |
| 橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
| 磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
| 墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
| 穘 | *hŋreːw |
| 顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
| 燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
| 饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
| 蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
| 蕘 | *ŋjew |
| 襓 | *ŋjew |
| 繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
| 遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
| 嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
| 趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
| 蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
| 翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
| 澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
| 驍 | *ŋkeːw |
| 僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
| 堯 | *ŋeːw |
| 垚 | *ŋeːw |
| 嶢 | *ŋeːw |
| 獟 | *ŋeːws |
| 膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
| 嘵 | *hŋeːw |
| 憢 | *hŋeːw |
| 曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
| 皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋjew, *ʔŋew) : semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): náo, ráo (nao$^2$, rao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ, ㄖㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^4$ / naau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giô / liô
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: náo
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: náo
*** Wade–Giles: nao$^2$
*** Yale: náu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nau
*** Palladius: нао (nao)
*** Sinological IPA : /nɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ráo
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ráo
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^2$
*** Yale: ráu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rau
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^4$ / naau$^4$
*** Yale: yìuh / nàauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^4$ / naau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^4$ / nao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯²¹/, /naːu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giô
*** Tâi-lô: giô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡio¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɤ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang): /ɡio²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liô
*** Tâi-lô: liô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lio¹³/
* giô - (“clam; female genitalia”);
* liô - “bivalve-like seafood”.
* Middle Chinese: nyew, 'jiew
Rime :
| Character | 蟯 | 蟯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 如招切 | 於霄切 |
| Baxter | nyew | 'jiew |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇu/ | /ʔiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛu/ | /ʔiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjæu/ | /ʔjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiaw/ | /ʔiaw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɛu/ | /ʔiɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭɛu/ | /ĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ɛu/ | /ʔi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ráo | yāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^4$ | jiu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋjew/, /*ʔŋew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟯 | 蟯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14670 | 14683 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饒 | 要 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋjew/ | /*ʔŋew/ |

#### Definitions

蟯
* Only used in 蟯蟲／蛲虫 (náochóng).
* (Hokkien) clam
* (Mainland China Hokkien) bivalve-like seafood
* (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) female genitalia; vulva

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛤蜊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛤蜊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛤蜊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 啦啦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 啦啦 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛤拉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 海蚌兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蚌殼子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蛤蜊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蜆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蜆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蛤蜊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 啦啦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蜆仔, 順𧋓仔, 缸口仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蜆仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蜆仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蜆仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蜆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蜆仔, 蜆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蜆子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 海鉢鉢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蛤蜊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蛤蜊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蚶, 蜊仔, 沙蜊, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蚶, 沙蜊, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蚶, 蜊仔, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蚶仔, 蜊仔, 蟯仔, 粉蟯 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蜊蜊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蚶, 蜊蜊, 沙蜊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 花蛤 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蛤蜊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 麻蚶子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 阿蜊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蛤蜊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蛤皮, 圓蛤 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蚶兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 湖殼子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 牝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰, 膣 literary |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 屄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妹妹, 鮑魚, 鮑鮑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 屄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 屄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 屄, 水門 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 屄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 屄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 屄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屄, 胯胯 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 屄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 𫱋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 屄, 閪, 𫱋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 屄, 尿門 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 屄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 屄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 閪, 西 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 閪, gap, gap gap, 妹妹 euphemistic, 西 euphemistic, 蟹 euphemistic, 蝦 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 屄, 閪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 閪, 屄 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 閪, 膣屄 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 膣屄 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 屄 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 閪兒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 閪 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屄 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 屄 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 屄 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 膣, 膣屄, 屄, 屄仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屄, 閪 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 膣屄, 膣 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 閪屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 膣, 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屄 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 膣 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 膣 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 膣 |
| Hakka | Changting | 膣 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 膣嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 膣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 膣 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屄, 屄坨, 膣 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 屄, 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屄 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 膣, 屄 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 屄子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 屄 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 屄 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯, 蛤蟆仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 膣屄, 蚶杯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 膣屄, 閪 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 閪 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 膣屄 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 屄 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 屄 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 屄 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 屄界 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 㞠屄 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 姕髀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 姕髀, 姕 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 屄屄囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 姕髀 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老姕 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 屌 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 膣屄, 膣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 膣屄, 屄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 膣屄, 參屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 膣屄, 蛤婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 膣屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 膣屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 膣屄, 蟯杯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 粉蟯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 膣屄, 蟯仔, 蚶仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 膣屄, 田杯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 膣屄, 蟯仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 膣屄, 水雞, 蟯仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 膣屄, 水雞, 蚶仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 膣屄, puki |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 閪 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 膣, 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 膣, 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 膣 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 膣, 老膣 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 膣, 膣屄, 膣䫌, 老膣 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 閪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屄, 䐁 dated, 皮夾子 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 屄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 屄 |
| Wu | Danyang | 屄, 屄屄 † |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 屄, 凹屄 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 † |
| Wu | Jinhua | 屄, 老屄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 屄, 麻屄, 屄屄 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麻屄 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 屄 |
| Note | † - of a girl | † - of a girl |

#### Compounds

* 蟯蟲 / 蛲虫 (náochóng)
* 蟯蟲病 / 蛲虫病

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngia̍uh / ngiauh / ngiáu
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngia̍uh
*** Tâi-lô: ngia̍uh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngiauh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋiãuʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋiãuʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ŋiãuʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiauh
*** Tâi-lô: ngiauh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngiauq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋiãuʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiáu
*** Tâi-lô: ngiáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngiao
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋiãu⁵³/
* ngiauh - “to nitpick (Xiamen); to die”;
* ngiáu - “to nitpick (Zhangzhou)”.

#### Definitions

蟯
* (Hokkien) to wriggle; to squirm
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to nitpick; to probe (someone's mistakes, etc.)
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, humorous) to pass away; to die

##### Synonyms

* (to wriggle): 蠕動／蠕动 (rúdòng); (Hokkien) 獟／𬌮
* (to die):
* nan-hbl+nan-tws:過往 / nan-hbl+nan-tws:过往 (euphemistic)
* 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
* 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
* 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
* 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
* 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
* 不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
* 亡
* 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
* 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
* 仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
* 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
* 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
* 傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
* 傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
* 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
* 凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
* 化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
* 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
* 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
* 去世 (qùshì)
* 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
* 喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
* 喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
* 喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
* 嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
* 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
* 嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
* 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
* 圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
* 壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
* 失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
* 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
* 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
* 小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
* 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
* 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
* 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
* 掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
* 故 (gù)
* 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
* 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
* 斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
* 早死 (zǎosǐ)
* 晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
* 棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
* 歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
* 歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
* 歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
* 死 (sǐ)
* 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
* 死人 (sǐrén)
* 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
* 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
* 死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
* 死脫 / 死脱 ($^5$shi-theq) (Wu)
* 殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
* 氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
* 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
* 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
* 沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
* 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
* 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
* 狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
* 畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
* 病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
* 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
* 病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
* 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
* 瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
* 百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
* 盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
* 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
* 絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
* 翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
* 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
* 蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
* 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
* 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
* 被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
* 見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
* 見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
* 見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
* 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
* 賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
* 走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
* 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
* 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
* 辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
* 逝世 (shìshì)
* 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
* 過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
* 過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
* 過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
* 過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
* 長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
* 長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
* 閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
* 隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
* 離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
* 駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
* 駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
* 龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 死, 亡, 歿, 卒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 死, 死亡, 亡故, 喪生, 喪命, 去世 †, 過世 †, 逝世 †, 離世 †, 下世 †, 不在 †, 過去 †, 仙逝 †, 歸天 †, 歸西 †, 升天 †, 作古 †, 長眠 †, 閉眼 †, 故去 †, ‡, 故世 †, ‡, 一命嗚呼, 謝世, 離開人間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 死, 撂, 撂條, 故去 †, 吹燈 †, 吹燈拔蠟 †, 吹臺 †, 老 †, ‡, 踹腿 ¤, 踹腿兒 ¤, 踹 ¤, 回姥姥家 ¤, 彎回去 †, 毛兒提 Hui |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 死, 過世 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 死, 老 †, ‡, 伸腿兒 ¤, 伸腿 ¤, 蹬腿兒 ¤, 奔兒咕 ¤, 桿兒屁 §, 桿兒細 §, 吹燈拔蠟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 死, 死掉, 死翹翹, 過世 †, 去世 †, 上天堂 †, 賣鹹鴨蛋 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 死, 歿, 過去 †, 老 †, ‡, 不在 †, ‡, 王八 §, 完蛋, 完錢, 完活, 無常 Hui, 歸主 Hui, 歸真 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 死, 老 †, ‡, 上西天 § |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 死, 過去, 過世, 下世, 亡故, 不在, 升天, 去世 †, 老 †, ‡, 擱那兒 ¤ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 死, 歿, 老 †, ‡ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 死, 不在 †, 老 †, ‡, 無常 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 歿 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 死, 走 †, 歿 Hui, 歸真 Hui, 冒提 Hui, 口喚 Hui, 無常 Hui, 完 Hui |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 死, 過世 †, 緩下 †, 躺下 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 死, 過世 †, 不在 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 死, 過去 †, 不在 †, 去 †, 過世 †, 老 †, ‡, 撬桿兒 §, 撬桿 §, 翹辮子 §, 見馬克思, 歸天, 去陰國, 爬高煙囪, 落氣, 冰凊, 沒脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 死, 過身 †, 去 †, 老 †, ‡, 去回 ¤, 翹辮子 ¤, 翹 ¤, 瓜碼子 ¤, 瓜 ¤, 西皮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 死, 過世 †, 成神 †, ‡, 百年歸天 †, ‡, 嗚呼 ¤ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 死, 沒得脈, 過世 †, 過身 †, 沒在 †, 哦嚄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 死, 過世 †, 歸天 †, ‡, 不在 †, 嗝兒得 ¤, 翹辮子 ¤ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 死, 不在 †, 走 †, 家去吃去 ¤, 家去 ¤, 翹辮子 ¤, 翹 ¤, 駝條 § |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 死, 不在 †, 老 † |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 死, 過身 †, 過世 †, 老 †, ‡, 百年歸老 †, ‡, 去別有天 †, ¤, 去大煙筒 †, ¤, 瓜 ¤, 瓜老襯 ¤, 收檔 ¤, 攞竇 ¤, 進竇 §, 瓜竇, 直, 瓜直, 死直, 攤直, 雙腳撐直, 伸直腳, 拉柴, 瓜柴, 褸席, 歸西, 歸天, 食黃泥, 入黃泥窿, 入窿, 玩完, 嫌米貴, 瞇埋眼, 一 argot, 唔食廣東米 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 死, 過身 †, 走 †, 香 †, 去 †, 唔喺度 †, 百年歸老 †, 賣鹹鴨蛋 †, 兩腳一伸 †, 仙遊 †, 拜拜 †, 去閻羅王處報到 †, 瓜 ¤, 瓜老襯 ¤, 拉柴, 瓜柴, 釘蓋, 釘, 直, 歸西, 玩完, ham |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 過身 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 過身 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 過身, 死 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 過身 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 過身, 去 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 過身, 死 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 死 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 過身, 死 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 去歸, 過身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 過身, 死 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 死, 過身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 過身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 過身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 死 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 過身 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 死 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 過身, 死 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 死, 過身 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 過身, 死 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 死, 過身 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 死, 善, 去 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 死, 登仙 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 過身, 死 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 死 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 死, 老 †, 去返 †, 去舊時嗰處 †, 視埋眼 †, 伸直腳 †, 入罌 †, 拉柴 §, 去大煙筒 § |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 死, 過身 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 死, 過輩 †, 老 †, ‡, 老大 †, ‡ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 死, 過身 † |
| Gan | Nanchang | 死, 過世 †, 老 † |
| Gan | Lichuan | 死 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 死, 過 †, 走路 †, 老 †, ‡, 去 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 死, 老, 過身 †, 消 †, 老壽 †, ‡ |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 過身, 香 † |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 過身, 死 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 死, 過身 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 死 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 死, 過身 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 死, 過世 †, 過套 †, 過身 †, 轉去 †, 轉該背 †, 歸仙 †, 轉老外婆裡 ¤ |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 死, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 † |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 死, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 † |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 死, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 † |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 死, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 † |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 死, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 † |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 死, 過身 †, 上神桌 † |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 過身, 老 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 死, 過世 †, 過輩 †, 過身 †, 不在 †, 過老 §, 過邊 §, 進棺材 §, 進風水 §, 翹扁 §, ¤ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 死, 沒啦 †, 走 †, 過去 †, 老 †, ‡, 老客 †, ‡ |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 死, 回老家 †, 硬 §, 㞗朝天 of a man, vulgar, 倒蕎麥皮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 死, 過身 †, 老 †, ‡ |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 死, 過去 †, 過世 †, 過後 †, 歸西 †, 百歲 †, 老去 †, ‡, 堯街去 ¤, 堯生去 ¤, 溜翹 ¤, 殂 ¤, 去算米數 ¤, 去外媽食齋 ¤, 去外媽 ¤, 去䁐廬山 ¤, 去厝去 ¤, 睏長暝眠 ¤, 翹齋 ¤, 揭兜去 ¤, 拔直去 ¤, 上天去 ¤, 生去 ¤, 𣪟去 ¤, 䁐松柏樹 ¤, 䁐松柏 ¤, 轉祖 § |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 死, 過身 †, 過氣 †, 百歲 †, 百年 †, 百歲年老 †, 行去 †, 無去 †, 㾀 †, 老去 †, ‡, 老咯 †, ‡, 蟯 ¤, 蟯歹 ¤, 蟯癱 ¤, 行雞 ¤, 馬滴 § |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 死, 過身 †, 過氣 †, 百歲 †, 百年 †, 無去 †, 老去 †, ‡, 老咯 †, ‡, 行雞 ¤, 馬滴 § |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 死, 過身 †, 過氣 †, 百歲 †, 百年 †, 百歲年老 †, 行去 †, 無去 †, 起身 †, 老去 †, ‡, 老咯 †, ‡, 蟯 ¤, 蟯歹 ¤, 蟯癱 ¤, 行雞 ¤, 誆牽 §, 㾀 §, 㾀歹 §, 馬滴 § |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 死去, 老 †, 過身 † |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 死去, 老去 †, 往生 †, 過身 † |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 死去, 老去 †, 行去 †, 往生 †, 無佇咧 †, 過身 †, 轉去 † |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 死去, 老去 †, 往生 †, 無佇咧 †, 過身 †, 過往 † |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 死去, 老 †, 無去 †, 過身 †, 轉去 † |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 死去, 往生 †, 過身 † |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 死去, 老去 †, 行去 †, 往生 †, 無佇咧 †, 過身 †, 轉去 † |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 曲去, 去咯 †, 往生 †, 過身 †, 老去 † |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 死去, 往生 †, 過身 †, 行去 † |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 死去, 往生 †, 過身 †, 老去 † |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 死, 馬滴, 死翹翹, 過身 †, 百年 †, 百歲 †, 過氣 †, 起車 †, 老去 †, 老咯 †, 行去 †, 蟯去 †, 吭跤翹 †, 交登記 † |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 死, 死去, 過面 †, 過身 † |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 死, 過身 †, 過世 † |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過身, 吭跤翹, 吭翹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 死, 過身 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 死, 過世 †, 過輩 †, 過目焗 ¤, 直筒 §, 刮薯減米 § |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 死, 過層 †, ‡, 老 †, ‡, 貓使 § |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 死 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 死 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 死, 瓜老襯, 過世, 歸西 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 死, 故 †, 過世 †, 嘸沒 †, 一腳去 †, 翹辮子 §, ¤, 彈老三 §, 翹老三 § |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 死, 老 †, 故 †, 翹辮子 ¤ |
| Wu | Suzhou | 死, 壞, 去, 過世 †, 翹辮子 § |
| Wu | Danyang | 死 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 死, 故 †, 過世 †, 翹辮兒 ¤, 到龍駒塢去 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 死, 翹辮子 §, 過世 †, 嘸沒 †, 死脫 §, 燂茶, 山裡去, 吃豆腐羹, 嘸沒來的 †, 老 † |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 死, 冇 †, 過輩 †, ‡, 蹻 ¤ |
| Wu | Jinhua | 死, 過世 †, 過輩 †, 弗在 †, 老 †, ‡ |
| Xiang | Changsha | 死, 過 †, 去 †, 瓜, 彈, 彈四郎 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 死, 過世 †, 故 †, 上岸 † |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 死, 過世 †, 故 † |
| Note | † - euphemistic; ‡ - usually of the elderly; ¤ - humorous; § - derogatory/disrespectful | † - euphemistic; ‡ - usually of the elderly; ¤ - humorous; § - derogatory/disrespectful |

#### Compounds

* 蟯歹 / 蛲歹
* 蟯癱 / 蛲瘫
* 蟯蟯動 / 蛲蛲动
* 蟯蟯掣 / 蛲蛲掣
* 蟯蟯趖 / 蛲蛲趖
* 蟯鬼 / 蛲鬼

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蟯 – see 擽 (“(Hokkien) itchy; to tickle”). (This character is a variant form of 擽).

### References

* “蟯”, 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–
* “Entry #12627”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “Entry #12628”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: にょう (nyō)
* Kan-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō)

#### Compounds

* 蟯虫(ぎょうちゅう) (gyōchū), 蟯虫(じょうちゅう) (jōchū, “pinworm”)

## Korean
### Hanja

蟯 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
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