蜸

蜸	U+8738, 蜸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8738

← 蜷
[U+8737]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜹 →
[U+8739]

Translingual

Han character

蜸 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸水中一戈 (SELMI), four-corner 7713₆, composition ⿱臤虫)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 33
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33200
Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2860, character 8
Unihan data for U+8738

Chinese

trad.		蜸
simp.		𰲮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien³
  - Yale: chyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin²
  - Yale: hín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khenX

Rime
Character	蜸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	牽繭切
Baxter	khenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn^X/
Li Rong	/kʰen^X/
Wang Li	/kʰien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜸
Reading #	1/1
No.	1335
Phonetic component	臣
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𥧬
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːnʔ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蜸

only used in 蜸蚕 (qiǎntiǎn, “earthworm”)