螣

螣	U+87A3, 螣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A3

← 螢
[U+87A2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螤 →
[U+87A4]

Translingual

Han character

螣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月火手戈 (BFQI), four-corner 7923₆, composition ⿰月䖭)

(mythology) only used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology”)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 46
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33435
Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2114, character 1
Unihan data for U+87A3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螣

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	l'ɯmʔ, l'ɯːŋ
螣	l'ɯmʔ, l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	l'ɯːŋ, l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	l'ɯːŋ, hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	hljɯŋ, hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	ljɯŋs, lɯŋs
賸	ɦljɯŋs, lɯŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): téng, tè (teng², te⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ, ㄊㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: téng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: téng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻêng²
  - Yale: téng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
  - Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tè
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tè
  - Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴
  - Yale: tè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teh
  - Palladius: тэ (tɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tang⁴
  - Yale: tàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: dong, drimX, dok

Rime
Character	螣	螣	螣
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	澄 (11)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	侵 (140)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	徒登切	直稔切	徒得切
Baxter	dong	drimX	dok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəŋ/	/ɖˠiɪm^X/	/dək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dəŋ/	/ɖᵚim^X/	/dək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dəŋ/	/ȡiem^X/	/dək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəŋ/	/ɖjim^X/	/dək̚/
Li Rong	/dəŋ/	/ȡjəm^X/	/dək̚/
Wang Li	/dəŋ/	/ȡĭĕm^X/	/dək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱəŋ/	/ȡʱi̯əm^X/	/dʱək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	téng	zhèn	dé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tang⁴	zam⁶	dak⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯmʔ/, /*l'ɯːŋ/, /*l'ɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螣	螣	螣
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17112	17120	17138
Phonetic component	朕	朕	朕
Rime group	侵	蒸	職
Rime subdivision	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	朕	騰	特
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯmʔ/	/*l'ɯːŋ/	/*l'ɯːɡ/

Definitions

螣

(mythology) used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology”)
alternative form of 蟘 / 𫋌 (tè)

Compounds

螣蛇 (téngshé)
螟螣

Japanese

Kanji

螣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): とう (tō)、どう (dō)、ちん (chin)、じん (jin)

Korean

Hanja

螣 • (deung) (hangeul 등, revised deung, McCune–Reischauer tŭng, Yale tung)

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