蝘

蝘	U+8758, 蝘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8758

← 蝗
[U+8757]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝙 →
[U+8759]

Translingual

Han character

蝘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸日女 (LISAV), four-corner 5111₄, composition ⿰虫匽)

kind of cicada

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33268
Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2868, character 8
Unihan data for U+8758

Chinese

trad.		蝘
simp. ^#		蝘
alternative forms		𧓱𧒛𧔦 for 蝘蜓

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
堰	qrens, qanʔ, *qans
躽	qrens, qeːnʔ
宴	qeːnʔ, qeːns
蝘	qeːnʔ, qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	qanʔ, qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	qanʔ, qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yen³
  - Yale: yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin²
  - Yale: yín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jonX, 'enX

Rime
Character	蝘	蝘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	於幰切	於殄切
Baxter	'jonX	'enX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐn^X/	/ʔen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐn^X/	/ʔen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐn^X/	/ʔɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨan^X/	/ʔɛn^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐn^X/	/ʔen^X/
Wang Li	/ĭɐn^X/	/ien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐn^X/	/ʔien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin²	jin²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qanʔ/, /*qeːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝘	蝘
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	14391	14381
Phonetic component	妟	妟
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	偃
Old Chinese	/*qanʔ/	/*qeːnʔ/

Definitions

蝘

(Classical) kind of cicada
alt. forms: 匽

Synonym: 螗 (táng)
- 頭上有花冠，曰螗蜩，曰蝘，曰胡蟬。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  头上有花冠，曰螗蜩，曰蝘，曰胡蝉。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE
  Tóu shàng yǒu huāguān, yuē tángtiáo, yuē yǎn, yuē húchán. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
used in 蝘蜓 (yǎntíng) and 蜿蝘
obsolete form of 鼴 / 鼹 (yǎn)

Compounds

蜿蝘
蝘腹
蝘虭
蝘蜓
蝘鼠

References

羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “蝘”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04322

Japanese

Kanji

蝘

(Hyōgai kanji)

gecko
kind of cicada

Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)

Korean

Hanja

蝘 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn)

gecko
a kind of cicada