螚

螚	U+879A, 螚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879A

← 螙
[U+8799]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螛 →
[U+879B]

Translingual

Han character

螚 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈心中一戈 (IPLMI), four-corner 2113₆, composition ⿱能虫)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33418
Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 22
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2882, character 6
Unihan data for U+879A

Chinese

trad.		螚
simp. ^#		螚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
態	*n̥ʰɯːs
能	nɯː, nɯːs, nɯːŋ, nɯːŋʔ
螚	*nɯːs
褦	*nɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nɯːs): phonetic 能 (OC *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ) + semantic 虫 (“insect”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nài, něng (nai⁴, neng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ, ㄋㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nài
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nài
  - Wade–Giles: nai⁴
  - Yale: nài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nay
  - Palladius: най (naj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: něng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: něng
  - Wade–Giles: nêng³
  - Yale: něng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neeng
  - Palladius: нэн (nɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: nojH

Rime
Character	螚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴代切
Baxter	nojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/nəi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəj^H/
Li Rong	/nᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/nɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	noi⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螚
Reading #	1/1
No.	9412
Phonetic component	能
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耐
Old Chinese	/*nɯːs/
Notes	見淮南子

Definitions

螚

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small gadfly
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) insects like bees and wasps