螣

螣 U+87A3, 螣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A3 ← 螢 [U+87A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 螤 → [U+87A4]

Translingual

Han character

螣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月火手戈 (BFQI), four-corner 7923₆, composition ⿰月䖭)

1. (mythology) Only used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology.”).

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33435
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2114, character 1
• Unihan data for U+87A3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		螣

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): téng, tè (teng², te⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ, ㄊㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: téng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: téng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng²
    • Yale: téng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
    • Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴
    • Yale: tè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teh
    • Palladius: тэ (tɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tang⁴
    • Yale: tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dong, drimX, dok

Rime
Character	螣	螣	螣
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	澄 (11)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	侵 (140)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	徒登切	直稔切	徒得切
Baxter	dong	drimX	dok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəŋ/	/ɖˠiɪmX/	/dək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dəŋ/	/ɖᵚimX/	/dək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dəŋ/	/ȡiemX/	/dək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəŋ/	/ɖjimX/	/dək̚/
Li Rong	/dəŋ/	/ȡjəmX/	/dək̚/
Wang Li	/dəŋ/	/ȡĭĕmX/	/dək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱəŋ/	/ȡʱi̯əmX/	/dʱək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	téng	zhèn	dé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tang4	zam6	dak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯmʔ/, /*l'ɯːŋ/, /*l'ɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螣	螣	螣
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17112	17120	17138
Phonetic component	朕	朕	朕
Rime group	侵	蒸	職
Rime subdivision	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	朕	騰	特
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯmʔ/	/*l'ɯːŋ/	/*l'ɯːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 螣

1. (mythology) Used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology.”).
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 蟘／𫋌 (tè).

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Japanese

Kanji

螣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō), どう (dō), ちん (chin), じん (jin)

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Korean

Hanja

螣 • (deung) (hangeul 등, revised deung, McCune–Reischauer tŭng, Yale tung)

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