蚈

蚈 U+8688, 蚈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8688 ← 蚇 [U+8687] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚉 → [U+8689]

蚈 U+2F9B8, 蚈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9B8 ← 蚩 [U+2F9B7] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 蜎 → [U+2F9B9]

Translingual

Han character

蚈 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一廿 (LIMT), composition ⿰虫开)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33049
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2836, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8688

• Unihan data for U+2F9B8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笄	*kŋeː
枅	*kŋeː
蚈	*kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿	*ŋeːs
栞	*ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃	*ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽	*ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅	*ŋeːn
幵	*kŋeːn
鳽	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉	*kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼	*kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧	*ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍	*ŋ̊ʰeːn
研	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍	*ŋeːn
訮	*hŋeːn
鈃	*ɡeːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴
    • Yale: chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khen

Rime
Character	蚈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切
Baxter	khen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kŋeː/, /*ŋ̊ʰeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚈	蚈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6154	6167
Phonetic component	幵	幵
Rime group	支	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	雞	牽
Old Chinese	/*kŋeː/	/*ŋ̊ʰeːn/
Notes	苦堅切蚈注又切， 廣韻此從笄	見逸周書

Definitions

蚈

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Japanese

Kanji

蚈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: ほたる (hotaru); やすで (yasude)