蜦

蜦 U+8726, 蜦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8726 ← 蜥 [U+8725] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜧 → [U+8727]

Translingual

Han character

蜦 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一月 (LIOMB), four-corner 5812₇, composition ⿰虫侖)

1. a kind of black snake in myth

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1086, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33160
• Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2864, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8726

Chinese

trad.		蜦
simp.		𰲰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蜦	*ruːls, *run
綸	*kruːn, *ɡ·run
論	*ruːn, *ruːns, *run
崘	*ruːn
掄	*ruːn, *run
菕	*ruːn
惀	*ruːnʔ, *run
睔	*ɡ·ruːnʔ, *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
碖	*ruːnʔ, *ruːns
溣	*ruːns
倫	*run
淪	*run
輪	*run
侖	*run
陯	*run
鯩	*run
棆	*run
踚	*run
耣	*runʔ
錀	*pqʰlun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ruːls, *run): semantic 虫 + phonetic 侖 (OC *run)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lún (lun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lún
    • Wade–Giles: lun²
    • Yale: lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
    • Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lwin, lejH

Rime
Character	蜦	蜦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	力迍切	郎計切
Baxter	lwin	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪn/	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷin/	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuen/	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwin/	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/liuĕn/	/leiH/
Wang Li	/lĭuĕn/	/lieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯uĕn/	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lún	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leon4	lai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːls/, /*run/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜦	蜦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8647	8670
Phonetic component	侖	侖
Rime group	微	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	麗	淪
Old Chinese	/*ruːls/	/*run/

Definitions

蜦

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a mythical huge black snake that can make rain and wind