蟮

蟮 U+87EE, 蟮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87EE ← 蟭 [U+87ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟯 → [U+87EF]

Translingual

Han character

蟮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿廿口 (LITTR), composition ⿰虫善)

Derived characters

• 𬠺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33624
• Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2893, character 16
• Unihan data for U+87EE

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
橏	*tjenʔ
嫸	*tjenʔ
善	*ɡjenʔ
譱	*ɡjenʔ
蟮	*djanʔ
鱔	*djanʔ
僐	*djenʔ, *djens
鄯	*djenʔ, *djens
墡	*djenʔ
磰	*djenʔ
繕	*ɡjens
膳	*djens
饍	*djens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djanʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect; worm”) + phonetic 善 (OC *ɡjenʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		蟮
simp. #		蟮
alternative forms		蟺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin⁶
    • Yale: sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe
    • MiniDict: zoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zø²³¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟮
Reading #	1/1
No.	11086
Phonetic component	善
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	善
Old Chinese	/*djanʔ/
Notes	同蟺說文作蟺

Definitions

蟮

1. only used in 曲蟮 (qūshàn, “earthworm”)

Compounds

• 土中曲蟮
• 曲蟮
• 蛐蟮

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蟮 – see 鱔 (“eel; swamp eel; resembling advertorial; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鱔).