蚖

蚖 U+8696, 蚖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8696 ← 蚕 [U+8695] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚗 → [U+8697]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 螈 (the modern standard form)

Han character

蚖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一一山 (LIMMU), four-corner 5111₁, composition ⿰虫元)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32871
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2837, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8696

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚖
alternative forms		螈 黿／鼋

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
冠	*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞	*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘	*ŋkoːnʔ
筦	*ŋkoːnʔ
梡	*ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏	*ŋoːn
刓	*ŋoːn
园	*ŋoːn
忨	*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏	*ŋoːn
玩	*ŋoːns
貦	*ŋoːns
翫	*ŋoːns
妧	*ŋoːns
完	*ɦŋoːn
捖	*ɦŋoːn
垸	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖	*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥	*ɦŋoːnʔ
浣	*ɦŋoːnʔ
頑	*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆	*ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇	*ɦŋroːnʔ
元	*ŋon
沅	*ŋon
芫	*ŋon
杬	*ŋon
邧	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒	*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²
    • Yale: ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwon

Rime
Character	蚖
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	愚袁切
Baxter	ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚖
Reading #	2/2
No.	16150
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	元
Old Chinese	/*ŋon/
Notes	後作螈

Definitions

蚖

1. (obsolete) animal similar to a lizard or salamander

Compounds

• 榮蚖 / 荣蚖
• 玄蚖
• 蚖珍蠶 / 蚖珍蚕
• 蚖膏
• 蚖蠶 / 蚖蚕
• 蚖鱓 / 蚖鳝
• 蠑蚖 / 蝾蚖 (róngyuán)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wán (wan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wán
    • Wade–Giles: wan²
    • Yale: wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngwan

Rime
Character	蚖
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五丸切
Baxter	ngwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwan/
Li Rong	/ŋuɑn/
Wang Li	/ŋuɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚖
Reading #	1/2
No.	16117
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	岏
Old Chinese	/*ŋoːn/

Definitions

蚖

1. (obsolete) venomous snake

Compounds

• 蚖虵
• 蚖蛇

Japanese

Kanji

蚖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

From Middle Chinese 蚖 (MC ngjwon):

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kun: いもり (imori, 蚖)^{←ゐもり (wimori, 蚖, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 蚖 (MC ngwan):

• Go-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kun: まむし (mamushi, 蚖)