蚣

蚣	U+86A3, 蚣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86A3

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[U+86A2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蚤 →
[U+86A4]

Translingual

Han character

蚣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈金戈 (LICI), four-corner 5813₂, composition ⿰虫公)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1078, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32892
Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2839, character 12
Unihan data for U+86A3

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
慃	*qroːŋʔ
袞	*kluːnʔ
蔉	*kluːnʔ
滾	*kluːnʔ
忩	*sʰloːŋ
鬆	sqʰloːŋs, sqʰluːŋ, skʰloŋ, sqʰloŋ
凇	sqʰloːŋs, sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
公	*kloːŋ
蚣	kloːŋ, kljoŋ
翁	*qloːŋ
螉	*qloːŋ
蓊	qloːŋ, qloːŋʔ
嗡	*qloːŋ
滃	*qloːŋʔ
暡	*qloːŋʔ
勜	*qloːŋʔ
塕	*qloːŋʔ
瓮	*qloːŋs
崧	*sqʰluŋ
菘	*sqʰluŋ
硹	*sqʰluŋ
淞	sqʰloŋ, sɢloŋ
蜙	*sqʰloŋ
倯	*sqʰloŋ
松	*sɢloŋ
訟	sɢloŋ, sɢloŋs
頌	sɢloŋs, loŋ
忪	*kljoŋ
彸	*kljoŋ
衳	*kljoŋ
伀	*kljoŋ
妐	*kljoŋ
炂	*kljoŋ
鈆	kljoŋ, lon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kloːŋ, *kljoŋ): semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ).

Etymology 1

trad.		蚣
simp. ^#		蚣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gong¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹
Jin (Wiktionary): gung¹
Eastern Min (BUC): gĕ̤ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kang / kong

(Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ / gong¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
  - Palladius: гун (gun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gong¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: guung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gĕ̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /køyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang / kong
  - Tâi-lô: kang / kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafng, kofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³/, /kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

kang - vernacular;
kong - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: gang¹ / gong¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang / kong
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³/, /koŋ³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kon
  - MiniDict: kon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən³³/

Middle Chinese: kuwng

Rime
Character	蚣
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古紅切
Baxter	kuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kloːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚣
Reading #	1/2
No.	4093
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	公
Old Chinese	/*kloːŋ/

Definitions

蚣

only used in 蜈蚣 (wúgōng) and its regional synonyms

Compounds

紅蚣 / 红蚣
蜈蚣 (wúgōng)

Etymology 2

trad.		蚣
simp. ^#		蚣

Alternative forms

蜙 (sōng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōng (zhong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhong
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹
  - Yale: jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
  - Palladius: чжун (čžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsyowng

Rime
Character	蚣
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職容切
Baxter	tsyowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kljoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚣
Reading #	2/2
No.	4121
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鍾
Old Chinese	/*kljoŋ/

Definitions

蚣

Used in compounds.

Compounds

蚣蝑 (zhōngxū)
蚣䗥 / 蚣𰲯 (zhōngzōng)
蚣𧐱 / 蚣𬟺 (zhōngzōng)

Japanese

Kanji

蚣

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)、しゅ (shu)
Kan-on: こう (kō)、しょう (shō)

Korean

Hanja

蚣 • (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune–Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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