螈

螈 U+8788, 螈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8788 ← 螇 [U+8787] CJK Unified Ideographs 螉 → [U+8789]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 蚖

Han character

螈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一竹火 (LIMHF), four-corner 5119₆, composition ⿰虫原)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33372
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2877, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8788

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螈
alternative forms		蚖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²
    • Yale: ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/

Definitions

螈

1. Used in 蠑螈／蝾螈 (róngyuán).
2. Used in 螈蠶／螈蚕.

Japanese

Kanji

螈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. newt

Readings

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: げん (gen)
• Kun: いもり (imori, 螈)^{←ゐもり (wimori, ゐもり, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 蠑螈(いもり) (imori): salamander, newt

Korean

Hanja

螈 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn)

1. newt

Compounds

• 영원 (蠑螈, yeong'won, “newt”)