蝮

蝮 U+876E, 蝮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-876E
← 蝭
[U+876D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蝯 →
[U+876F]

Translingual

Han character

蝮 (radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人日水 (LIOAE), four-corner 58147, composition ⿰虫复)

  1. venomous snake, viper

References

  • KangXi: page 1091, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33309
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2871, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+876E

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蝮

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蝮
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 芳福切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰuwk̚/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiuk̚/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝮
Reading # 1/1
No. 3547
Phonetic
component		 复
Rime
group		 覺
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 蝮
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰuɡ/

Definitions

蝮

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Japanese

Kanji

蝮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. pit viper

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝮
はみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/pami2/ invalid IPA characters (2) → /pami/ → /fami/ → /hami/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō dictionary of 938 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

蝮 (hiragana はみ, katakana ハミ, rōmaji hami)

  1. (dated, possibly obsolete) mamushi, pit viper
Derived terms
  • くちはみ (kuchihami), くちばみ (kuchibami)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝮
まむし
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of 真 (ma, “true”) + 虫 (mushi, “snake”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

蝮 (hiragana まむし, katakana マムシ, rōmaji mamushi)

  1. Short for 日本蝮.
  2. (by extension) a pit viper, adder
    • 1999 July 22, “フレイム・ヴァイパー [Flame Viper]”, in Vol.4 (in Japanese), Konami:
      シュルシュルと素 (す)早 (ばや)く動 (うご)き、口 (くち)から火 (か)炎 (えん)をはくマムシ。
      Shurushuru to subayaku ugoki, kuchi kara kaen o haku mamushi.
      A pit viper that spits fire and slithers swiftly.
  3. person who is feared by others but gives no harm (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  4. Short for まむし指.
Compounds
  • 蝮 (マムシ)草 (グサ) (mamushigusa, Arisaema serratum)
  • 蝮 (まむし)丼 (どん) (mamushi-don), 蝮 (まむし)丼 (どんぶり) (mamushi-donburi, alternative name of 鰻丼)
  • マムシ属 (ぞく) (mamushi-zoku)
  • 日 (ニ)本 (ホン)蝮 (マムシ) (Nihon mamushi, “mamushi”, Gloydius blomhoffii)

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

蝮 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok, Yale pok)

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