# 蛄

| 蛄 | U+86C4, &#34500; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C4 |
| ← 蛃 [U+86C3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛅 → [U+86C5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛄 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十口 (LIJR), four-corner 5416$_0$, composition ⿰虫古)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32960
* Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 1
* Unihan data for U+86C4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蛄
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gū (gu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gū
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gu
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ku
Rime :
| Character | 蛄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古胡切 |
| Baxter | ku |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ko/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ko/ |
| Wang Li | /ku/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4215 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 孤 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaː/ |

#### Definitions

蛄
* mole cricket
* Used in 蟪蛄 (huìgū).
* Used in 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (xiāgū).

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ, gū
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ, ㄍㄨ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$
*** Yale: gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gū
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gu
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

蛄
* Only used in 蝲蛄 (làgǔ).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: けら (kera)