蠊

蠊	U+880A, 蠊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-880A

← 蠉
[U+8809]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蠋 →
[U+880B]

Translingual

Han character

蠊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈廿金 (LIITC), four-corner 5013₇, composition ⿰虫廉)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33701
Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 7
Unihan data for U+880A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蠊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	kʰreːms, kʰreːmʔ, kʰeːmʔ, kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	ɡreːm, keːm
稴	ɡreːm, ɡ·reːm, ɡ·reːmʔ, ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	ɡreːmʔ, ɡreːms
甉	ɡreːmʔ, ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	ɡ·rem, ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	ɡ·rem, ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	ɡ·remʔ, ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	keːm, keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	kʰeːmʔ, kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lián (lian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁴

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lim⁴
  - Yale: lìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: ljem

Rime
Character	蠊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力鹽切
Baxter	ljem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liam/
Li Rong	/liɛm/
Wang Li	/lĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠊
Reading #	1/1
No.	6048
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	廉
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rem/

Definitions

蠊

used in 蜚蠊 (fěilián, “cockroach”) and 飛蠊／飞蠊
(alt. form 螊, 𧍧) (historical dictionaries only) type of mollusc

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12484

Japanese

Kanji

蠊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: れん (ren)
Kan-on: れん (ren)

Compounds

蜚蠊(ごきぶり) (gokiburi): cockroach

Vietnamese

Han character

蠊: Hán Nôm readings: liêm

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References

Nom Foundation