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蜒

蜒

Translingual

Han character

蜒 (radical 142 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓大一 (LINKM) or 中戈弓大女 (LINKV), four-corner 52141)

  1. millipede

References

  • KangXi: page 1085, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33120
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2849, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8712

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蜒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (延) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唌 *l'aːn
誕 *l'aːnʔ
蜑 *l'aːnʔ
蛋 *l'aːns
硟 *slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎 *ljan, *lans
脠 *l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴 *l̥ʰan
鋋 *ɦljan, *lan
埏 *hljan, *lan
挻 *hljan
鯅 *hljan
延 *lan, *lans
筵 *lan
蜒 *lan
狿 *lan, *lans
郔 *lan
綖 *lan
莚 *lan, *lans

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜒 蜒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 以然切 徒典切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiᴇn/ /denX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɛn/ /denX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jæn/ /dɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jian/ /dɛnX/
Li
Rong		 /iɛn/ /denX/
Wang
Li		 /jĭɛn/ /dienX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ɛn/ /dʱienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yán diàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜒
Reading # 1/1
No. 14258
Phonetic
component		 延
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 延
Old
Chinese		 /*lan/

Definitions

蜒

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Compounds

  • 蚰蜒草
  • 蜒蚰

Japanese

Kanji

蜒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. serpentine, winding

Readings

Compounds

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