蝘

蝘 U+8758, 蝘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8758 ← 蝗 [U+8757] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝙 → [U+8759]

Translingual

Han character

蝘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈尸日女 (LISAV), four-corner 5111₄, composition ⿰虫匽)

1. kind of cicada

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33268
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2868, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8758

Chinese

trad.		蝘
simp. #		蝘
alternative forms		𧓱 𧒛 𧔦 for 蝘蜓

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
堰	*qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽	*qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴	*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘	*qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	*qanʔ, *qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	*qanʔ, *qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jonX, 'enX

Rime
Character	蝘	蝘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	於幰切	於殄切
Baxter	'jonX	'enX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐnX/	/ʔenX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔenX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨanX/	/ʔɛnX/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔenX/
Wang Li	/ĭɐnX/	/ienX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/	/ʔienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin2	jin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qanʔ/, /*qeːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝘	蝘
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	14391	14381
Phonetic component	妟	妟
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	偃	蝘
Old Chinese	/*qanʔ/	/*qeːnʔ/

Definitions

蝘

1. (Classical) kind of cicada

   alt. forms: 匽

   Synonym: 螗 (táng)

   • 頭上有花冠，曰螗蜩，曰蝘，曰胡蟬。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     头上有花冠，曰螗蜩，曰蝘，曰胡蝉。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

     Tóu shàng yǒu huāguān, yuē tángtiáo, yuē yǎn, yuē húchán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. used in 蝘蜓 (yǎntíng) and 蜿蝘
3. obsolete form of 鼴 / 鼹 (yǎn)

Compounds

• 蜿蝘
• 蝘腹
• 蝘虭
• 蝘蜓
• 蝘鼠

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “蝘”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04322

Japanese

Kanji

蝘

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. gecko
2. kind of cicada

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)

Korean

Hanja

蝘 (eum 언 (eon))

1. gecko
2. a kind of cicada