# 螲

| 螲 | U+87B2, &#34738; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B2 |
| ← 螱 [U+87B1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螳 → [U+87B3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螲 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十金土 (LIJCG), four-corner 5311$_4$, composition ⿰虫窒)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33502
* Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 2
* Unihan data for U+87B2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 致 | *tiɡs |
| 輊 | *tiɡs |
| 駤 | *tiɡs |
| 跮 | *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ |
| 荎 | *di, *diːɡ |
| 緻 | *diɡs |
| 至 | *tjiɡs |
| 鵄 | *tʰji |
| 胵 | *tʰji |
| 痓 | *tʰjiɡs |
| 咥 | *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ |
| 窒 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ |
| 蛭 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 垤 | *diːɡ |
| 耋 | *diːɡ |
| 姪 | *diːɡ, *diɡ |
| 絰 | *diːɡ |
| 恎 | *diːɡ |
| 挃 | *tiɡ |
| 庢 | *tiɡ |
| 銍 | *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 秷 | *tiɡ |
| 螲 | *tiɡ |
| 侄 | *diɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 桎 | *tjiɡ |
| 郅 | *tjiɡ |
| 晊 | *tjiɡ |
| 室 | *hliɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiɡ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 窒 (OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zat$^1$ / zat$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zat$^1$ / zat$^6$
*** Yale: jāt / jaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzat$^7$ / dzat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zed$^1$ / zed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐt̚⁵/, /t͡sɐt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: trit
Rime :
| Character | 螲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟栗切 |
| Baxter | trit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17363 |
| Phonetic component | 至 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 窒 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiɡ/ |
| Notes | 見方言 |

#### Definitions

螲
* Only used in 螻螲／蝼螲 (lóuzhì, “mole cricket”).

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dié (die$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dit$^3$ / dit$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dié
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dié
*** Wade–Giles: tieh$^2$
*** Yale: dyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
*** Palladius: де (de)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dit$^3$ / dit$^6$
*** Yale: dit / diht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dit$^8$ / dit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: did$^3$ / did$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːt̚³/, /tiːt̚²/

#### Definitions

螲
* Only used in 螲蟷／螲𬠅 (diédàng, “trapdoor spider”).

### References

* “螲”, 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–