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Translingual

Han character

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

  1. lizard

References

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

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qreːŋ
*qreːŋ
*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
*pqʰʷeːŋ
*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
*qʷraːŋʔ
*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
*ɢʷreːŋ
*ɢʷreŋ
*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
*ɢʷreŋ
*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
*ɡʷeŋ
*ɡʷeŋ
*qʷeŋ
*ɢʷeŋ
*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
*ɢʷeŋ
*ɢʷeŋ
*ɡʷeːŋ
*ɡʷeːŋ
*ɡʷeːŋ
*qʷeːŋʔ
*qʷeːŋs

Pronunciation


Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. newt
  2. turban shell

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(yeong) (hangeul , revised yeong, McCune-Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

  1. newt

Compounds