蜒

蜒 U+8712, 蜒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8712
← 蜑
[U+8711] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蜓 →
[U+8713]

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) 
Old Chinese
唌 *l'aːn
誕 *l'aːnʔ
蜑 *l'aːnʔ
蛋 *l'aːns
硟 *slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎 *ljan, *lans
脠 *l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴 *l̥ʰan
鋋 *ɦljan, *lan
埏 *hljan, *lan
挻 *hljan
鯅 *hljan
延 *lan, *lans
筵 *lan
蜒 *lan
狿 *lan, *lans
郔 *lan
綖 *lan
莚 *lan, *lans

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

Rime
Character 蜒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以然切
Baxter yen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jian/
Li
Rong		 /iɛn/
Wang
Li		 /jĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜒
Reading # 1/1
No. 14258
Phonetic
component		 延
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 延
Old
Chinese		 /*lan/

Definitions

蜒

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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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. serpentine, winding

Readings
  • Go-on: えん (en)
  • Kan-on: えん (en)

Compounds
Compounds
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