蟶

See also: 蛏

Translingual

Han character

蟶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸口土 (LISRG), four-corner 5611₄, composition ⿰虫聖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33664
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2895, character 3
• Unihan data for U+87F6

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Chinese

trad.		蟶
simp.		蛏

razor clam

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
檉	*l̥ʰeŋ
蟶	*l̥ʰeŋ
聖	*hljeŋs
聽	*l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
廳	*l̥ʰeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰeŋ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): tĕng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): than
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: than
    • Tâi-lô: than
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen
    • MiniDict: tshen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjeng

Rime
Character	蟶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑貞切
Baxter	trhjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟶
Reading #	1/1
No.	11390
Phonetic component	聖
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檉
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟶

1. razor clam

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

蟶貝(mate-gai)

Kanji

蟶

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. razor clam

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: まて (mate)