蝘

蝘

蝘 U+8758, 蝘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8758 ← 蝗 [U+8757] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝙 → [U+8759]

Translingual

Han character

蝘 (radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸日女 (LISAV), four-corner 5111₄, composition ⿰虫匽)

1. kind of cicada

References

• KangXi: page 1089, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33268
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2868, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8758

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蝘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
堰	*qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽	*qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴	*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘	*qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	*qanʔ, *qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	*qanʔ, *qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin²
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨɐn^X/, /ʔen^X/▼

Rime
Character	蝘	蝘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	於幰切	於殄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐnX/	/ʔenX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔenX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨanX/	/ʔɛnX/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔenX/
Wang Li	/ĭɐnX/	/ienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/	/ʔienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ/, /*qanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝘	蝘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14381	14391
Phonetic component	妟	妟
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	蝘	偃
Old Chinese	/*qeːnʔ/	/*qanʔ/

Definitions

蝘

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Compounds

蝘蜓 (yǎntíng)

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Japanese

Kanji

蝘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gecko
2. kind of cicada

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en), おん (on)

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Korean

Hanja

蝘 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn)

1. gecko
2. a kind of cicada