蚰蜒

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (蚰蜒)
simp. #(蚰蜒)
anagram 蜒蚰
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (36)
Final () (136) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yuw yen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨu/ /jiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiu/ /jiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/iəu/ /jæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juw/ /jian/
Li
Rong
/iu/ /iɛn/
Wang
Li
/jĭəu/ /jĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/ /i̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau4 jin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15527 14258
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯw/ /*lan/
Notes

Noun

蚰蜒

  1. scutigeromorph (centipede)
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) earthworm
  3. (figurative) tortuous road; winding road

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Glyph origin

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蚰蜒 (yóuyán).

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
げじ
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 蚰蜒 – see the following entry.
げじゲジ
scutigeromorph (centipede)
(This term, 蚰蜒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
げじげじ
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 蚰蜒 – see the following entry.
げじげじゲジゲジ
scutigeromorph (centipede)
(This term, 蚰蜒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)