虼

虼 U+867C, 虼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-867C
← 虻
[U+867B]
CJK Unified Ideographs 虽 →
[U+867D]

Translingual

Han character

虼 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人弓 (LION), four-corner 58117, composition ⿰虫乞)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1077, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32840
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2835, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+867C

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
虼

From a syllable with entering tone (Iwata (2009: 132)).

Sagart (1999:99) argues this originates from Old Chinese *k-.

Pronunciation


Definitions

虼

  1. Used in 虼蚤 (gèzao, “flea”).
  2. Used in 虼螂 (gèláng, “dung beetle”).
  3. Used in 虼蚪.

Compounds

  • 虼子
  • 虼蚪
  • 虼蚤 (gèzao)
  • 虼蚪兒/虼蚪儿
  • 虼螂 (gèláng)
  • 虼螂皮

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
虼
alternative forms 家
加 Min Nan
絕/绝 Min Nan
咬 Eastern Min

Might have derived from 狗 (gǒu) (Iwata (2009: 132)). See 狗蚤.

Pronunciation


Noun

虼

  1. (Coastal Min) Used in 虼蚻 (“cockroach”).
  2. (Coastal Min) Used in 虼蚤 (“flea”).

Compounds

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