蜓

蜓 U+8713, 蜓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8713 ← 蜒 [U+8712] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜔 → [U+8714]

Translingual

Han character

蜓 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓大土 (LINKG), four-corner 5213₁, composition ⿰虫廷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1085, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33121
• Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2849, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8713

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蜓	*l'eːnʔ, *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
涏	*l'eːns, *l'eːŋʔ
綎	*l̥ʰeːŋ, *l'eːŋ
珽	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ
脡	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ
侹	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
頲	*l'eːŋʔ
廷	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
庭	*l'eːŋ
鼮	*l'eːŋ
莛	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
筳	*l'eːŋ
霆	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
娗	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
挺	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
艇	*l'eːŋʔ
鋌	*l'eːŋʔ
梃	*l'eːŋʔ
誔	*l'eːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíng, diàn (ting², dian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ, ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thêng / têng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶din

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing²
    • Yale: tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyng
    • Palladius: тин (tin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàn
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴
    • Yale: dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
    • Palladius: дянь (djanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ting⁴
    • Yale: tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thêng
    • Tâi-lô: thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶din
    • MiniDict: din^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³din
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /din²³/

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• Middle Chinese: denX, deng, dengX

Rime
Character	蜓	蜓	蜓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒典切	特丁切	徒鼎切
Baxter	denX	deng	dengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/denX/	/deŋ/	/deŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/denX/	/deŋ/	/deŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛnX/	/dɛŋ/	/dɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛnX/	/dɛjŋ/	/dɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/denX/	/deŋ/	/deŋX/
Wang Li	/dienX/	/dieŋ/	/dieŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱienX/	/dʱieŋ/	/dʱieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diàn	tíng	dìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din6	ting4	ding6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'eːnʔ/, /*l'eːŋ/, /*l'eːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜓	蜓	蜓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12412	12427	12438
Phonetic component	廷	廷	廷
Rime group	元	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	殄	庭	挺
Old Chinese	/*l'eːnʔ/	/*l'eːŋ/	/*l'eːŋʔ/

Definitions

蜓

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 弓蜓
• 玉蜻蜓
• 竹蜻蜓
• 蜓蚞
• 蜻蜓 (qīngtíng)
• 蜻蜓點水／蜻蜓点水
• 蝘蜓
• 豎蜻蜓／竖蜻蜓

 

Japanese

Kanji

蜓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: でん (den)、じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)、てん (ten)

Vietnamese

Han character

蜓: Hán Nôm readings: đình

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