螊

螊	U+878A, 螊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-878A

← 螉
[U+8789]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螋 →
[U+878B]

Translingual

Han character

螊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿難金 (LITXC), composition ⿰虫兼)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 37
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33379
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 5
Unihan data for U+878A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螊

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lián (lian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lián
  - Wade–Giles: lien²
  - Yale: lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/

Definitions

螊

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) an edible kind of sea clam