蛝

蛝 U+86DD, 蛝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86DD ← 蛜 [U+86DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛞 → [U+86DE]

Translingual

Han character

蛝 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈日女 (LIAV), four-corner 5713₂, composition ⿰虫艮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33007
• Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 8
• Unihan data for U+86DD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haan⁴
    • Yale: hàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hean

Rime
Character	蛝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸閒切
Baxter	hean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣɛn/
Wang Li	/ɣæn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛝
Reading #	1/1
No.	3915
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	閑
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯːn/

Definitions

蛝

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) millipede
2. (historical dictionaries only) locust larva
3. (historical dictionaries only) egg of ant