# 蜱

| 蜱 | U+8731, &#34609; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8731 |
| ← 蜰 [U+8730] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蜲 → [U+8732] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蜱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹田十 (LIHWJ), four-corner 5614$_0$, composition ⿰虫卑)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33182
* Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8731

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 捭 | *preːʔ |
| 牌 | *breː, *breː |
| 郫 | *breː, *bre, *be |
| 蠯 | *breː, *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 猈 | *breːʔ, *breː |
| 稗 | *breːs |
| 粺 | *breːs |
| 𥱼 | *breː |
| 豍 | *peː |
| 箄 | *peː, *pe, *peʔ |
| 錍 | *pʰeː, *pe |
| 睥 | *pʰeːs |
| 渒 | *pʰeːs, *pe |
| 鼙 | *beː |
| 鞞 | *beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ |
| 椑 | *beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ |
| 崥 | *beː, *peʔ |
| 髀 | *beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ |
| 卑 | *pe |
| 鵯 | *pe, *pʰiɡ |
| 裨 | *pe, *be |
| 痺 | *pe |
| 碑 | *pre |
| 婢 | *peʔ, *beʔ |
| 諀 | *pʰeʔ |
| 脾 | *be |
| 埤 | *be |
| 陴 | *be |
| 蜱 | *be, *mbew |
| 焷 | *be |
| 螷 | *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 庳 | *beʔ |
| 琕 | *biːŋ |
| 萆 | *beɡ, *slɯʔ |
| 綼 | *biɡ, *peːɡ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pí (pi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$bi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pí
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pí
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^2$
*** Yale: pí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^4$
*** Yale: pèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
*** Tâi-lô: pi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: py
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bi
*** MiniDict: bi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²³/
* Middle Chinese: bjie
Rime :
| Character | 蜱 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 符支切 |
| Baxter | bjie |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /biə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /bie/ |
| Wang Li | /bǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*be/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜱 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 390 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陴 |
| Old Chinese | /*be/ |

#### Definitions

蜱
* tick (the parasitic arachnid)

##### Synonyms

* 壁蝨／壁虱 (bìshī)
* 蝨子／虱子 (shīzi)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miáo (miao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^2$
*** Yale: myáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: mjiew
Rime :
| Character | 蜱 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 彌遙切 |
| Baxter | mjiew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miaw/ |
| Li Rong | /miɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | miu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mbew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜱 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 397 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蜱 |
| Old Chinese | /*mbew/ |

#### Definitions

蜱
* (historical dictionaries only) Name of a kind of insect.

### Compounds

* 蜱蛸 (piāoxiāo)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* mite
* tick
* Kanji in this term
* 蜱
* だに Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

#### Readings

* Go-on: び (bi)、びょう (byō)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)、ひょう (hyō)
* Kun: だに (dani, 蜱)

### Noun

蜱(だに) or 蜱(ダニ) • (dani)
* Rare spelling of 壁蝨 (“mite; tick”).