鸓

鸓 U+9E13, 鸓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E13 ← 鸒 [U+9E12] CJK Unified Ideographs 鸔 → [U+9E14]

Translingual

Han character

鸓 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+15, 26 strokes, cangjie input 田田竹日火 (WWHAF), four-corner 6762₇, composition ⿰畾鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1504, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47462
• Dae Jaweon: page 2033, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4669, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9E13

Chinese

trad.		鸓
simp.		𱊳
alternative forms		䴎 𤴒 𪉀 𩁜 𪆼 䴎 𤴒 𪉀 𩁜 𪆼 𪈦 蠝 𧕫 𤡂 𤢹

Glyph origen

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

	Old Chinese
摞	*roːl, *roːls
騾	*roːl
螺	*roːl
蔂	*roːl, *rul
虆	*roːl, *rul
瘰	*roːlʔ
礌	*ruːl, *ruːls
雷	*ruːl
擂	*ruːl, *ruːls
攂	*ruːl, *ruːls
礧	*ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃	*ruːl, *rul, *ruls
櫑	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鑘	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鐳	*ruːl
畾	*ruːl
轠	*ruːl, *rulʔ
罍	*ruːl
蕾	*ruːlʔ
癗	*ruːlʔ
磥	*ruːlʔ
累	*ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
儽	*ruːls, *rul
樏	*rolʔ, *rul
鸓	*rul, *rulʔ
嫘	*rul
纍	*rul, *ruls
欙	*rul
纝	*rul
壘	*rulʔ
櫐	*rulʔ
蘽	*rulʔ
藟	*rulʔ
讄	*rulʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rul, *rulʔ) : phonetic 畾 (OC *ruːl, “bird”) + semantic 鳥.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
    • Wade–Giles: lei³
    • Yale: lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵
    • Yale: léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lwij, lwijX

Rime
Character	鸓	鸓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力追切	力軌切
Baxter	lwij	lwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪ/	/liuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷi/	/lʷiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuɪ/	/ljuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwi/	/lwiX/
Li Rong	/lui/	/luiX/
Wang Li	/lwi/	/lwiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lwi/	/lwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léi	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rul/, /*rulʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鸓	鸓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7737	7750
Phonetic component	畾	畾
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	㶟	壘
Old Chinese	/*rul/	/*rulʔ/
Notes	見史記	見山海經

Definitions

鸓

1. (～鼠) flying squirrel
2. (Chinese mythology) a bird with two heads and four legs that resembles the magpie

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鼯鼠 (“flying squirrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鼯, 鼯鼠, 飛鼯, 鸓, 飛鸓, 鼺, 夷由, 飛生
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鼯鼠
Taxonomic name		鼯鼠
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	飛鼠, 鼯鼠
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	飛貓兒, 一片瓦
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飛鼠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飛鼠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飛鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飛鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飛鼠
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	飛鼠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	鼯鼠

Compounds

• 蜚鸓 / 蜚𱊳
• 飛鸓 / 飞𱊳
• 鸓鼠 / 𱊳鼠