蟾

蟾

蟾 U+87FE, 蟾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FE ← 蟽 [U+87FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟿 → [U+87FF]

Translingual

Han character

蟾 (radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓金口 (LINCR), four-corner 5716₁, composition ⿰虫詹)

References

• KangXi: page 1099, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33676
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2897, character 15
• Unihan data for U+87FE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (詹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
甔	*toːm, *taːm, *taːms
擔	*taːm, *taːms
儋	*ʔl'aːm
聸	*taːm
膽	*taːmʔ
黵	*taːmʔ, *tjamʔ
澹	*daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms
憺	*daːmʔ, *daːms
瞻	*tjam
詹	*tjam
蟾	*tjam, *djam
噡	*tjam
譫	*tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb
幨	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
襜	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
韂	*tʰjams
贍	*djams
檐	*lam
簷	*lam
舚	*tʰeːm, *tʰeːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): siâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'an²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim⁴
    • Yale: sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm
    • Tâi-lô: siâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiᴇm/, /d͡ʑiᴇm/▼

Rime
Character	蟾	蟾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職廉切	視占切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇm/	/d͡ʑiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/d͡ʑiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæm/	/d͡ʑjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciam/	/d͡ʑiam/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/ʑiɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛm/	/ʑĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/	/ʑi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān	chán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjam/, /*djam/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟾	蟾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16762	16771
Phonetic component	詹	詹
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	詹	棎
Old Chinese	/*tjam/	/*djam/

Definitions

蟾

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Compounds

折桂攀蟾 攀蟾折桂 新蟾 明蟾 (míngchán) 步蟾 玉蟾 蟾光

蟾兔 (chántù) 蟾宮／蟾宫 (chángōng) 蟾宮客／蟾宫客 蟾宮折桂／蟾宫折桂 (chángōngzhéguì) 蟾彩 蟾影

蟾桂 蟾蜍 (chánchú) 蟾酥 蟾魄 (chánpò) 金蟾 (jīnchán) 銀蟾／银蟾

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Japanese

Kanji

蟾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen), ぜん (zen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: ひきがえる (hikigaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

蟾 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蟾 (thiêm)

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