蠉

蠉 U+8809, 蠉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8809 ← 蠈 [U+8808] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠊 → [U+880A]

Translingual

Han character

蠉 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田中女 (LIWLV), four-corner 5613₂, composition ⿰虫睘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33699
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2897, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8809

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蠉

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
癏	*kʷraːn
擐	*kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
還	*ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan
環	*ɡʷraːn
鬟	*ɡʷraːn
寰	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns
闤	*ɡʷraːn
糫	*ɡʷraːn
圜	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen
鐶	*ɡʷraːn
轘	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
澴	*ɡʷraːn
繯	*ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ
檈	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷin
儇	*qʰʷen
翾	*qʰʷen
蠉	*qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ
嬛	*qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ
譞	*qʰʷen
懁	*kʷeːns
獧	*kʷeːns
噮	*qʷeːns
彋	*ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ
睘	*ɡʷeŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwien, xjwienX

Rime
Character	蠉	蠉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許緣切	香兖切
Baxter	xjwien	xjwienX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuᴇn/	/hiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɛn/	/hʷiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuæn/	/xjuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwian/	/hwianX/
Li Rong	/xiuɛn/	/xiuɛnX/
Wang Li	/xĭwɛn/	/xĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯wɛn/	/xi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān	xuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1	hyun2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷen/, /*qʰʷenʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠉	蠉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16247	16250
Phonetic component	睘	睘
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	翾	蠉
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷen/	/*qʰʷenʔ/

Definitions

蠉

1. ^† the appearance of worms wriggling
2. ^† mosquito larva

Japanese

Kanji

蠉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: はう (hau)