U+87F3, 蟳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F3

[U+87F2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+87F4]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸一戈 (LISMI), four-corner 57146, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33634
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2894, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+87F3

Chinese

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trad.
simp. 𫊻

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (bug) + phonetic (OC *ljum).

Etymology

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Probably related to Vietnamese sam (king crab), which may be related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam, whence Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam, crab), Mon ဂတာံ (crab) (Norman and Mei, 1976).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. swimming crab
  2. (Hokkien) crab (general term) (Classifier: mn)

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): じん (jin)
  • Kun: がざみ (gazami)