蚿

蚿

蚿 U+86BF, 蚿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86BF ← 蚾 [U+86BE] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛀 → [U+86C0]

Translingual

Han character

蚿 (radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜女戈 (LIYVI), four-corner 5013₂, composition ⿰虫玄)

References

• KangXi: page 1080, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32946
• Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2845, character 4
• Unihan data for U+86BF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
弦	*ɡeːn
絃	*ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷	*ɡeːn
痃	*ɡeːn
胘	*ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿	*ɡeːn
伭	*ɡeːn
婱	*ɡeːn
玄	*ɡʷeːn
眩	*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹	*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆	*ɡʷeːn
詃	*kʷeːn
泫	*ɡʷeːn
鉉	*ɡʷeːn
炫	*ɡʷeːn
袨	*ɡʷeːn
衒	*ɡʷeːn
惤	*ɡʷreːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡeːn) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦen/▼

Rime
Character	蚿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡田切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/ɣien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚿
Reading #	1/1
No.	14025
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	賢
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːn/
Notes	見莊子方言

Definitions

蚿

1. millipede

Compounds

馬蚿／马蚿

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Japanese

Kanji

蚿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken), げん (gen)