蚺
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
蚺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土月 (LIGB), four-corner 55157, composition ⿰虫冉)
- a boa constrictor
References[edit]
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32931
- Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 1
- Unihan data for U+86BA
Chinese[edit]
simp. and trad. |
蚺 | |
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alternative forms | 蚦 |
Glyph origin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
For Cantonese word naːm²¹, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rán
- Wade–Giles: jan2
- Yale: rán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ran
- Palladius: жань (žanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jim4 / naam4
- Yale: yìhm / nàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim4 / naam4
- Guangdong Romanization: yim4 / nam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm²¹/, /naːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: nyem
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*njam/
Definitions[edit]
蚺
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- “蚺”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–