蚇

蚇	U+8687, 蚇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8687

← 蚆
[U+8686]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蚈 →
[U+8688]

Translingual

Traditional	蠌
Shinjitai (extended)	蚇
Simplified	𰲵

The caterpillar of the geometer moth looks like measuring its journey, hence all such names as measuring worm, geometrid, inchworm, 蚇, 尺蠖, 자벌레, etc.

Han character

蚇 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸人 (LISO), four-corner 5713₇, composition ⿰虫尺)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32846

Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2840, character 15

Unihan data for U+8687

Chinese

trad.		蚇
simp. ^#		蚇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
尺	*tʰjaɡ
蚇	*tʰjaɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǐ (chi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄔˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih³
  - Yale: chř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyy
  - Palladius: чи (či)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cek³
  - Yale: chek
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: tsyhek

Rime
Character	蚇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌石切
Baxter	tsyhek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚇
Reading #	1/1
No.	1462
Phonetic component	尺
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	尺
Old Chinese	/*tʰjaɡ/

Definitions

蚇

Used in 蚇蠖, which is an alternative form of 尺蠖 (chǐhuò)

Korean

Hanja

蚇 • (cheok) (hangeul 척, revised cheog)

(자벌레) inchworm, measuring worm, geometrid

Synonyms

蚇 (척, cheog)
蠖 (확, hwag)
尺蠖 (척확, cheoghwag)

See also

尺蠖蛾 (척확아, cheoghwag-a) geometrid moth

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