蜒
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Translingual
Han character
蜒 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓大一 (LINKM) or 中戈弓大女 (LINKV), four-corner 52141, composition ⿰虫延)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1085, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33120
- Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2849, character 14
- Unihan data for U+8712
Chinese
Etymology 1
| trad. | 蜒 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 蜒 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (延) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lan) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans, “extend”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yán
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yán
- Wade–Giles: yen2
- Yale: yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
- Palladius: янь (janʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jin4
- Yale: yìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin4
- Guangdong Romanization: yin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: yen
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*lan/
Definitions
蜒
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wriggle
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) slug
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) centipede
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蜒 – see 蜑 (“the Tanka people of southern China and Vietnam”). (This character is a variant form of 蜑). |
Japanese
Kanji
蜒
Readings
Compounds
- 蜿蜒 (en'en): meandering, winding
- 蜻蜒 (yanma): a kind of large dragonfly