# 蠍

| 蠍 | U+880D, &#34829; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-880D |
| ← 蠌 [U+880C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠎 → [U+880E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠍 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈日女人 (LIAVO), four-corner 5718$_2$, composition ⿰虫歇)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33707
* Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2896, character 18
* Unihan data for U+880D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰad): semantic 虫 + phonetic 歇 (OC *qʰad).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiē (xie$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xie$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ще (xi͡ə, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kit$^3$ / hit$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): giad$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xieh$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kiék
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giat
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$shiq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sie$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiē
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sie
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^1$
*** Yale: syē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shie
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xie$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xie
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛ²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ще (xi͡ə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kit$^3$ / hit$^3$
*** Yale: kit / hit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kit$^8$ / hit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kid$^3$ / hid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiːt̚³/, /hiːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kiék
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiɛʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giat
*** Tâi-lô: giat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɛt̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛt̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$shiq
*** MiniDict: shih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$xiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: sie$^6$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /si̯e̞²⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ɕi̯e̞²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: xjot
Rime :
| Character | 蠍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (67) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許謁切 |
| Baxter | xjot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /xiɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭɐt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xɨ̯ɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰad/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5065 |
| Phonetic component | 曷 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰad/ |

### Definitions

蠍
* scorpion
    蠍子／蝎子 ― xiēzi ― scorpion

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠍子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蠍子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蠍子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蠍子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蠍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蠍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蠍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蠍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蠍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蠍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蠍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蠍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蠍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蠍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠍子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠍子 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠍子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蠍子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠍 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠍子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蠍子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蠍仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蠍仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 象夾 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 翹尾蟻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蠍子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠍子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蠍子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠍子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠍 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蠍子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠍子 |

### Compounds

* 偽蠍 / 伪蝎
* 剔蠍撩蜂 / 剔蝎撩蜂
* 天蠍座 / 天蝎座 (Tiānxiēzuò)
* 擬蠍 / 拟蝎 (nǐxiē)
* 書蠍 / 书蝎
* 火蠍子 / 火蝎子
* 蛇蠍 / 蛇蝎 (shéxiē)
* 蛇蠍心腸 / 蛇蝎心肠 (shéxiēxīncháng)
* 蛇蠍美人 / 蛇蝎美人 (shéxiē měirén)
* 蠍子 / 蝎子 (xiēzi)
* 蠍虎 / 蝎虎 (xiēhǔ)
* 蠍蠍螫螫 / 蝎蝎螫螫
* 雙尾蠍 / 双尾蝎

### References

* “蠍”, 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: こち (kochi)
* Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
* Kan’yō-on: かつ (katsu)
* Kun: さそり (sasori, 蠍)

#### Compounds

* 蠍座(さそりざ) (Sasoriza): Scorpius
* 蠍擬(さそりもどき) (sasorimodoki)
* 蛇蠍(だかつ) (dakatsu), 蛇蠍(じゃかつ) (jakatsu)
* 天蠍宮(てんかつきゅう) (Tenkatsukyū): Scorpio

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蠍
* さそり Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 蝎
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) さそり [sàsórí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sa̠so̞ɾʲi]

### Noun

蠍(さそり) or 蠍(サソリ) • (sasori)
* a scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

蠍 • (gal) (hangeul 갈)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠍: Hán Nôm readings: hiết, hạt, yết
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