蠸

蠸 U+8838, 蠸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8838 ← 蠷 [U+8837] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠹 → [U+8839]

Translingual

Han character

蠸 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿口土 (LITRG), four-corner 5411₄, composition ⿰虫雚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1104, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33894
• Dae Jaweon: page 1567, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2906, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8838

Chinese

trad.		蠸
simp. #		蠸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
觀	*koːn, *koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	*koːns, *kroːns
懽	*koːns, *qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	*qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸	*kʰons

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
    • Yale: chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴
    • Yale: kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwen

Rime
Character	蠸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨員切
Baxter	gjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡron/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠸
Reading #	1/1
No.	4499
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	權
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/

Definitions

蠸

1. ^† a pest which damages the leaves and roots of melon plants