螵

螵 · piāo

a chrysalis

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
piāo
Cantonese
piu1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a chrysalis

Dictionary definitions & readings

螵 piāo · used in 螵蛸 piāo xiāo

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42884.070:piāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0874.020:piāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
283.120:piāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
piāo粵piu1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヒョウ ビョウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
符霄 撫招 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIMWF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5119.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1095.060 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
150.04 151.32 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87B5
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6232

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
螵
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
bjiew · 符霄 · 效開三平宵並 · #673
Middle Chinese
phjiew · 撫招 · 效開三平宵滂 · #683

PHONO-ML, source line 5469; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1197.205
kCowles
3506
kDaeJaweon
1559.350
kHanYu
42884.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1559.350
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42884.070
kIRGKangXi
1095.060
kKangXi
1095.060
kMatthews
5203
kMeyerWempe
2398
kMorohashi
33505
kSBGY
150.04 151.32
kSMSZD2003Index
619.11
kCangjie
LIMWF
kFourCornerCode
5119.1
kMojiJoho
MJ023672
kPhonetic
1066
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-732A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE5F
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B5F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7284
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D27
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F2D
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EE5F
kCCCII
232B73
kCNS1986
2-5F2D
kCNS1992
2-5F2D
kEACC
2F2A64
kGB0
8310
kGB1
8310
kJIS0213
1,91,63
kJis1
5947
kMainlandTelegraph
9237
kTGH
2013:6232
kTaiwanTelegraph
9154
kXerox
306:270
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15102+142.6.11
kCantonese
piu1
kDefinition
a chrysalis
kFanqie
符霄 撫招
kHanyuPinyin
42884.070:piāo
kJapanese
ヒョウ ビョウ
kJapaneseOn
HYOU BYOU
kMandarin
piāo
kSMSZD2003Readings
piāo粵piu1
kTGHZ2013
283.120:piāo
kXHC1983
0874.020:piāo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 螵0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 票 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫票$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫票$(GHTJKP)

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