蝒

蝒	U+8752, 蝒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8752

← 蝑
[U+8751]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝓 →
[U+8753]

Translingual

Han character

蝒 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一田中 (LIMWL), four-corner 5116₀, composition ⿰虫面)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33259
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2869, character 4
Unihan data for U+8752

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (面) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蝒	*men
緬	*menʔ
湎	*menʔ
愐	*menʔ
偭	menʔ, mens
勔	*menʔ
面	*mens
麵	*meːns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mián (mian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mián
  - Wade–Giles: mien²
  - Yale: myán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
  - Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: min⁴
  - Yale: mìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: mjien

Rime
Character	蝒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武延切
Baxter	mjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mian/
Li Rong	/miɛn/
Wang Li	/mĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*men/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝒
Reading #	1/1
No.	9092
Phonetic component	面
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	緜
Old Chinese	/*men/

Definitions

蝒

Cryptotympana atrata (a species of cicada)

Synonyms

蚱蟬／蚱蝉 (zhàchán)

Vietnamese

Han character

蝒: Hán Nôm readings: nhện

spider