蝝

蝝 U+875D, 蝝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-875D ← 蝜 [U+875C] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝞 → [U+875E]

Translingual

Han character

蝝 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女弓人 (LIVNO), four-corner 5713₂, composition ⿰虫彖)

1. the larva of locust

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33278
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 3
• Unihan data for U+875D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠡	*reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl
盠	*reːlʔ, *reːl
彖	*l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns
墬	*l'els
喙	*hlods, *l̥ʰjods
餯	*hlods
剶	*ʔslon, *l̥ʰon
猭	*l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons
鶨	*l̥ʰons, *l'uːns
椽	*l'on
篆	*l'onʔ
瑑	*l'onʔ
堟	*l'onʔ
蝝	*lon
緣	*lon, *lons
櫞	*lon
掾	*lons
褖	*l̥ʰoːns
湪	*l̥ʰoːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng² / yoeng²

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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/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: é̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ywen

Rime
Character	蝝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與專切
Baxter	ywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/juæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwian/
Li Rong	/iuɛn/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝝
Reading #	1/1
No.	12526
Phonetic component	彖
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	沿
Old Chinese	/*lon/

Definitions

蝝

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References

• “蝝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蝝”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 294.

Japanese

Kanji

蝝

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. the larva of locust

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、けん (ken)
• Kun: いなご (inago)

Korean

Hanja

蝝 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

1. 메뚜기(메뚜깃과의 곤충) 새끼: young locust without wings