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蜉 (Kangxi radical 142,虫+7, 13 strokes,cangjie input中戈月弓木 (LIBND),four-corner52147,composition⿰虫孚)
| simp. andtrad. | 蜉 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𧖚 𧕰 | |
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*bəw(“insect, bug, vermin, snake”); cognate withBurmeseပိုး(pui:,“insect”),Tibetanའབུ('bu,“iworm, bug”),Apatanita-bu(“snake”),bu-rũ &bu-di(“python”),Southern Qiangbù ló(bug, maggot), etc. (STEDT).Schuessler (2007) also proposes cognacy withTibetanསྦུར(sbur,“ant”), yet STEDT doesn't.
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蜉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 縛謀切 |
| Baxter | bjuw |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buw/ |
| Li Rong | /biu/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau4 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蜉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b](r)u/ |
| English | mayfly |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蜉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3347 |
| Phonetic component | 孚 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 浮 |
| Old Chinese | /*bu/ |
蜉
蜉• (bu) (hangeul부,revised bu,McCune–Reischauer pu,Yale pu)
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