蠊

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蠊 U+880A, 蠊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-880A
← 蠉
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蠋 →

Translingual

Han character

蠊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈廿金 (LIITC), four-corner 50137, composition ⿰虫廉)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33701
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+880A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蠊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉 *ɡ·rem
鎌 *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾 *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼 *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙 *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌 *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蠊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力鹽切
Baxter ljem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liam/
Li
Rong 		/liɛm/
Wang
Li 		/lĭɛm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/li̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lim4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蠊
Reading # 1/1
No. 6048
Phonetic
component 		兼
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		廉
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡ·rem/

Definitions

蠊

  1. Used in 蜚蠊 (fěilián, “cockroach”) and 飛蠊／飞蠊.
  2. (alt. form 螊, 𧍧) ‡ type of mollusc

References

Japanese

Kanji

蠊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: れん (ren)
  • Kan-on: れん (ren)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

蠊: Hán Nôm readings: liêm

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References

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