Radical
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
9
Mandarin
xiē
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
9 strokes
Strokes
15 strokes
Mandarin
xiē

Definitions by reading

hag4
Mandarin equivalent xiē
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng had4 Chaoyang hag4 Chenghai hag4 Jieyang hag4 Raoping hag4 Shantou hag4
蝎子。蛛形纲节肢动物,体黄褐色,尾端有毒钩,可捕食昆虫;干燥全虫可入药。

English meaning

scorpion

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
匣母 一等 開口 寒韵 入声 胡葛切
Reconstruction:
Original

蟲名。爾雅曰:蝤蠐,蝎。又曰:蝎,桑蟲。

2
曉母 三等 開口 元韵 入声 許竭〖謁〗切
Reconstruction:
Original

螫蟲人。