螣

螣	U+87A3, 螣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A3

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[U+87A2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螤 →
[U+87A4]

Translingual

Han character

螣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月火手戈 (BFQI), four-corner 7923₆, composition ⿰月䖭)

(mythology) only used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology”)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 46
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33435
Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2114, character 1
Unihan data for U+87A3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 螣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	l'ɯmʔ, l'ɯːŋ
螣	l'ɯmʔ, l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	l'ɯːŋ, l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	l'ɯːŋ, hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	hljɯŋ, hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	ljɯŋs, lɯŋs
賸	ɦljɯŋs, lɯŋs

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		螣
alternative forms		騰／腾𧑥𧑞𧔟𧖍騰／腾𧑥𧑞𧔟𧖍𧔶𦢅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): téng (teng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: téng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: téng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻêng²
  - Yale: téng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
  - Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tang⁴
  - Yale: tàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: dong, dok, drimX

Rime
Character	螣	螣	螣
Reading #	1/3	3/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	德 (131)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	徒登切	徒得切	直稔切
Baxter	dong	dok	drimX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəŋ/	/dək̚/	/ɖˠiɪm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dəŋ/	/dək̚/	/ɖᵚim^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dəŋ/	/dək̚/	/ȡiem^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəŋ/	/dək̚/	/ɖjim^X/
Li Rong	/dəŋ/	/dək̚/	/ȡjəm^X/
Wang Li	/dəŋ/	/dək̚/	/ȡĭĕm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱəŋ/	/dʱək̚/	/ȡʱi̯əm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	téng	dé	zhèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tang⁴	dak⁶	zam⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːŋ/, /*l'ɯːɡ/, /*l'ɯmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螣	螣	螣
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/3
No.	17120	17138	17112
Phonetic component	朕	朕	朕
Rime group	蒸	職	侵
Rime subdivision	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	騰	特	朕
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːŋ/	/*l'ɯːɡ/	/*l'ɯmʔ/

Definitions

螣

(mythology) used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology”)

Compounds

螣蛇 (téngshé)
螣蛇無足而飛 / 螣蛇无足而飞

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		螣
alternative forms		蟘／𫋌𧑥𧑞𧔟𧖍蟘／𫋌𧑥𧑞𧔟𧖍𧔶𦢅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tè (te⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tè
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tè
  - Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴
  - Yale: tè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teh
  - Palladius: тэ (tɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dak⁶
  - Yale: dahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚²/

Middle Chinese: dok, dong

Rime
Character	螣	螣
Reading #	3/3	1/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	德 (131)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒得切	徒登切
Baxter	dok	dong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dək̚/	/dəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dək̚/	/dəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dək̚/	/dəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dək̚/	/dəŋ/
Li Rong	/dək̚/	/dəŋ/
Wang Li	/dək̚/	/dəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱək̚/	/dʱəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dé	téng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dak⁶	tang⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːɡ/, /*l'ɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螣	螣
Reading #	3/3	2/3
No.	17138	17120
Phonetic component	朕	朕
Rime group	職	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	特	騰
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːɡ/	/*l'ɯːŋ/

Definitions

螣

(historical) pest insect that eats seedlings and leaves

Compounds

螟螣

Japanese

Kanji

螣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): とう (tō)、どう (dō)、ちん (chin)、じん (jin)

Korean

Hanja

螣 • (deung) (hangeul 등, revised deung, McCune–Reischauer tŭng, Yale tung)

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