蟳

蟳 U+87F3, 蟳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F3
← 蟲
[U+87F2]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蟴 →
[U+87F4]

Translingual

Han character

蟳 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸一戈 (LISMI), four-corner 57146, composition ⿰虫尋)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33634
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2894, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+87F3

Chinese

trad. 蟳
simp. 𫊻

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“bug”) + phonetic 尋 (OC *ljum).

Etymology

Probably related to Vietnamese sam (“king crab”), which may be related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam, whence Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam, “crab”), Mon ဂတာံ (“crab”) (Norman and Mei, 1976).

Pronunciation


Definitions

蟳

  1. swimming crab
  2. (Hokkien) crab (general term) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蟳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): じん (jin)
  • Kun: がざみ (gazami)
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