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Translingual
Han character
蚺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土月 (LIGB), four-corner 55157, composition ⿰虫冉)
- a boa constrictor
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32931
- Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 1
- Unihan data for U+86BA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 那
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*naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls
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| 挪
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*naːl
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| 娜
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*naːlʔ
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| 柟
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*noːm, *njam, *njamʔ
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| 抩
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*noːm
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| 聃
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*n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm
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| 舑
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*n̥ʰaːm, *njam
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| 坍
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*n̥ʰaːm
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| 髯
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*njam, *njams
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| 蚺
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*njam
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| 呥
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*njam
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| 冉
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*njam, *njamʔ
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| 袡
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*njam
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| 苒
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*njamʔ
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| 姌
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*njamʔ, *neːmʔ
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Etymology
For Cantonese word naːm²¹, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蚺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10778
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Phonetic
component
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冉
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𩓾
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Old
Chinese
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/*njam/
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Definitions
蚺
- boa; python
Compounds
References
