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U+87FA, 蟺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FA

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜田一 (LIYWM), four-corner 50116, composition )

  1. earthworm

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+87FA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Uncertain. Thought STEDT connects the word to (OC *lin, *linʔ, “earthworm”), modern Old Chinese reconstructions do not appear to support this.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (25)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑianX/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛnX/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sin6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2093
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djanʔ/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 蜿蟺 (wānshàn).
  2. Alternative form of (shàn)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“cicada; a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): せん (sen)ぜん (zen)たん (tan)だん (dan)
  • Kun: みみず (mimizu)