蜁

蜁 U+8701, 蜁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8701 ← 蜀 [U+8700] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜂 → [U+8702]

Translingual

Han character

蜁 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人弓人 (LIONO), four-corner 5818₁, composition ⿰虫𭻾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33087
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8701

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
旋	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
漩	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
璇	*sɢʷan
琁	*sɢʷan
蜁	*sɢʷan
嫙	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
鏇	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
縼	*sɢʷans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zjwen

Rime
Character	蜁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似宣切
Baxter	zjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwian/
Li Rong	/ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/zĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜁
Reading #	1/1
No.	14047
Phonetic component	旋
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	旋
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/

Definitions

蜁

1. only used in 蜁蜗