蠑

See also: 蝾

蠑 U+8811, 蠑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8811 ← 蠐 [U+8810] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠒 → [U+8812]

Translingual

Han character

蠑 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火火木 (LIFFD), four-corner 5919₄, composition ⿰虫榮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33738
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2901, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8811

Chinese

trad.		蠑
simp.		蝾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鶯	*qreːŋ
罃	*qreːŋ
嫈	*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮	*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮	*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝	*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸	*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤	*ɢʷreːŋ
榮	*ɢʷreŋ
瑩	*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑	*ɢʷreŋ
禜	*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟	*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢	*ɡʷeŋ
焭	*ɡʷeŋ
縈	*qʷeŋ
營	*ɢʷeŋ
鎣	*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋	*ɢʷeŋ
濴	*ɢʷeŋ
熒	*ɡʷeːŋ
螢	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁴
    • Yale: wìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²¹/

Definitions

蠑

1. ^† Clipping of 蠑螈／蝾螈 (róngyuán, “salamander, newt”).
2. Used in 蠑螺／蝾螺.

Japanese

Kanji

蠑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. newt
2. turban shell

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: えい (ei)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蠑螈(いもり) (imori): salamander, newt

Korean

Hanja

蠑 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

1. newt

Compounds

• 영원 (蠑螈, yeong'won, “newt”)