蠕

蠕 U+8815, 蠕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8815 ← 蠔 [U+8814] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠖 → [U+8816]

Translingual

Han character

蠕 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一月月 (LIMBB), four-corner 5112₇, composition ⿰虫需)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 50
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33749
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2900, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8815

Chinese

trad.		蠕
simp. #		蠕
2nd round simp.		⿰虫入

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羺	*noː
獳	*noː
擩	*noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod
譳	*noːs
懦	*noːls, *njo
糯	*noːls
需	*sno
繻	*sno, *njo
鑐	*sno
儒	*njo
濡	*njo, *noːn
襦	*njo
嚅	*njo
顬	*njo
鱬	*njo
嬬	*njo
臑	*njo
醹	*njo, *njoʔ
蠕	*njo
孺	*njos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njo) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 需 (OC *sno).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú (ru²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû / lû / jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rú
    • Wade–Giles: ju²
    • Yale: rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • Palladius: жу (žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû
    • Tâi-lô: jû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: juu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû
    • Tâi-lô: lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luu
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /lu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî
    • Tâi-lô: jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠕
Reading #	1/1
No.	13980
Phonetic component	需
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儒
Old Chinese	/*njo/
Notes	見史記說文作蝡

Definitions

蠕

1. squirm; wriggle

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Wade–Giles: juan³
    • Yale: rwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
    • Palladius: жуань (žuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

Definitions

蠕

1. Alternative form of 蝡／蠕 (“squirm; wriggle”)

Compounds

• 柔蠕
• 蚑蠕
• 蚑行蠕動／蚑行蠕动
• 蜫蠕
• 蜎蠕
• 蜎飛蠕動／蜎飞蠕动
• 蝚蠕 (Róurú)
• 蠉蠕
• 蠉飛蠕動／蠉飞蠕动
• 蠕動／蠕动 (rúdòng)
• 蠕形動物／蠕形动物 (ruǎnxíng dòngwù)
• 蠕活
• 蠕簇
• 蠕蛇
• 蠕蜚
• 蠕蟲／蠕虫 (rúchóng)
• 蠕蠕
• 蠕行
• 跂蠕
• 選蠕／选蠕

 

Japanese

Kanji

蠕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū); ねん (nen)
• Kan-on: じゅ (ju); ぜん (zen)
• Kun: うごめく (ugomeku, 蠕く)

Compounds

• 蠕形動物(ぜんけいどうぶつ) (zenkei dōbutsu)
• 蠕蠕(ぜんぜん) (zenzen)
• 蠕虫(ぜんちゅう) (zenchū, “worm”)
• 蠕動(ぜんどう) (zendō)

Vietnamese

Han character

蠕: Hán Nôm readings: nhuyễn

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