U+86BA, 蚺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86BA

[U+86B9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+86BB]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 142, +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土月 (LIGB), four-corner 55157, composition )

  1. a boa constrictor

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32931
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+86BA

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
 
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Glyph origin edit

Etymology edit

For Cantonese word naːm²¹, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, python) and Zhuang nuem (python).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nyem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵiam/
Li
Rong
/ȵiɛm/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10778
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𩓾
Old
Chinese
/*njam/

Definitions edit

  1. boa; python

Compounds edit

References edit