蜸

蜸

蜸 U+8738, 蜸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8738 ← 蜷 [U+8737] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜹 → [U+8739]

Translingual

Han character

蜸 (radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸水中一戈 (SELMI), four-corner 7713₆, composition ⿱臤虫)

References

• KangXi: page 1087, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33200
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2860, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8738

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin²
    • Yale: hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin²
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰen^X/▼

Rime
Character	蜸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	牽繭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰenX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰenX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛnX/
Li Rong	/kʰenX/
Wang Li	/kʰienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜸
Reading #	1/1
No.	1335
Phonetic component	臣
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𥧬
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːnʔ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蜸

1. Only used in 蜸蚕 (qiǎntiǎn, “earthworm”).