蟫

蟫 U+87EB, 蟫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87EB ← 蟪 [U+87EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟬 → [U+87EC]

Translingual

Han character

蟫 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一田十 (LIMWJ), four-corner 5114₆, composition ⿰虫覃)

1. silverfish

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33615
• Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2890, character 4
• Unihan data for U+87EB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟫

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
鷣	*luː, *lɯm
撢	*l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	*l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	*l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	*l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂	*l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	*l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫	*l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	*ljɯm, *lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴
    • Yale: tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yim, dom

Rime
Character	蟫	蟫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	餘針切	徒含切
Baxter	yim	dom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪm/	/dʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/jim/	/dəm/
Shao Rongfen	/jem/	/dɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jim/	/dəm/
Li Rong	/iəm/	/dᴀm/
Wang Li	/jĭĕm/	/dɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯əm/	/dʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam4	taam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːm/, /*lɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟫	蟫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12324	12341
Phonetic component	覃	覃
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	覃	淫
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːm/	/*lɯm/

Definitions

蟫

1. silverfish

Japanese

Kanji

蟫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. silverfish

Readings

• Go-on: いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)}; どん (don)^{←どん (don, historical)←どむ (domu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)}; たん (tan)^{←たん (tan, historical)←たむ (tamu, ancient)}
• Kun: しみ (shimi, 蟫)