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蟶
蟶
See also: 蛏
Translingual
Han character
蟶 (radical 142 虫+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. | 蟶 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蛏 | |
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, OC *l̥ʰeŋ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing1
- Min Dong (BUC): tĕng
- Min Nan (POJ): than
- Wu (Wiktionary): tshen (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
- Wade-Giles: ch'êng1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cing1
- Yale: chīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tĕng
- IPA (key): /tʰɛiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (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/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tshen (T1)
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰəɲ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
| 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 |
| 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 | 蟶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11390 |
| Phonetic component |
聖 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
檉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l̥ʰeŋ/ |
Definitions
蟶
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Japanese

蟶貝(mate-gai)
Kanji
蟶