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U+8809, 蠉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8809

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田中女 (LIWLV), four-corner 56132, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33699
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2897, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8809

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ) : semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *ɡʷeŋ)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (32) (32)
Final () (78) (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter xjwien xjwienX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hiuᴇn/ /hiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷiɛn/ /hʷiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/xjuæn/ /xjuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwian/ /hwianX/
Li
Rong
/xiuɛn/ /xiuɛnX/
Wang
Li
/xĭwɛn/ /xĭwɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xi̯wɛn/ /xi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xuān xuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hyun1 hyun2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16247 16250
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰʷen/ /*qʰʷenʔ/

Definitions

  1. the appearance of worms wriggling
  2. mosquito larva

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)げん (gen)
  • Kun: はう (hau)