# 螘

| 螘 | U+8798, &#34712; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8798 |
| ← 螗 [U+8797] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螙 → [U+8799] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山一廿 (LIUMT), four-corner 5211$_8$, composition ⿰虫豈)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33415
* Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 11
* Unihan data for U+8798

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 螘 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 獃 | *tŋɯː, *ŋɯː |
| 剴 | *kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl |
| 凱 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ |
| 愷 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ |
| 塏 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ |
| 鎧 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls |
| 颽 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ |
| 暟 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ |
| 闓 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls |
| 豈 | *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ |
| 隑 | *ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl |
| 皚 | *ŋɯːl |
| 嵦 | *ŋɡɯːl |
| 敳 | *ŋɯːl |
| 磑 | *ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls |
| 螘 | *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ |
| 覬 | *krɯls |
| 溰 | *ŋɯl |
| 顗 | *ŋɯlʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǐ (yi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
*** Wade–Giles: i$^3$
*** Yale: yǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^5$
*** Yale: ngáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: ngjeX, ngj+jX
Rime :
| Character | 螘 | 螘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 魚倚切 | 魚豈切 |
| Baxter | ngjeX | ngj+jX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠiᴇ$^X$/ | /ŋɨi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚiɛ$^X$/ | /ŋɨi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɛ$^X$/ | /ŋiəi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋjiə̆$^X$/ | /ŋɨj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋje$^X$/ | /ŋiəi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋǐe$^X$/ | /ŋĭəi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋie̯$^X$/ | /ŋe̯i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǐ | yǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^5$ | ji$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʰəjʔ/, /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋralʔ/, /*ŋɯlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 螘 | 螘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐ | yǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjɨj$^X$ › | ‹ ngje$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-qʰəjʔ/ | /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/ |
| English | ant | ant |
| 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 | 螘 | 螘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10120 | 10125 |
| Phonetic component | 豈 | 豈 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 螘 | 顗 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋralʔ/ | /*ŋɯlʔ/ |

### Definitions

螘
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 蟻 / 蚁 (yǐ, “ant”)

### Compounds

* 朾螘 / 朾𰲹
* 綠螘

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Alternative form of 蟻

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi)
* Kan-on: ぎ (gi)
* Kun: あり (ari, 螘)

## Korean
### Hanja

螘 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)
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