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Definition 2024


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Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸口土 (LISRG), four-corner 56114)

References

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

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l̥ʰeŋ
*l̥ʰeŋ
*hljeŋs
*l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
*l̥ʰeːŋ

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (10)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11390
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰeŋ/

Definitions

  1. razor clam

Compounds

  • 日月蟶日月蛏
  • 竹蟶竹蛏
  • 藃蟶藃蛏
  • 蟶乾蛏干
  • 蟶子蛏子
  • 蟶田蛏田
  • 鋪面蟶铺面蛏

Japanese

蟶貝(mate-gai)

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. razor clam

Readings