蛅

Translingual

Han character

蛅 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜口 (LIYR), four-corner 5116₀, composition ⿰虫占)

1. a caterpillar

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32961
• Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 14
• Unihan data for U+86C5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛅

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ / zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ / zim¹
    • Yale: yìhm / jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ / dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ / jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹/, /t͡siːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyem

Rime
Character	蛅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	汝鹽切
Baxter	nyem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiam/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛm/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛅
Reading #	1/1
No.	16714
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩓾
Old Chinese	/*njem/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

蛅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜん (zen), ねん (nen), せん (sen)

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Korean

Hanja

蛅 • (jeom) (hangeul 점)

1. (쐐기) hairy and poisonous caterpillar

Synonyms

• 蚝 (자, ja)
• 蛅 (점, jeom)
• 蟖 (사, sa)

• 蛅蟖 (점사, jeomsa)

Compounds

• 蛅蟖 (점사, jeomsa)

Related terms

• 毛蟲 (모충, mochung) caterpillar
• 幼蟲 (유충, yuchung) larva

See also

• 蛾 (아, a) moth
• 毛 (모, mo) hair, wool, fur, feather, fuzz