螓

螓	U+8793, 螓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8793

← 螒
[U+8792]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螔 →
[U+8794]

Translingual

Han character

螓 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手大木 (LIQKD), four-corner 5519₁, composition ⿰虫秦)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33404
Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 6
Unihan data for U+8793

Chinese

trad.		螓
simp. ^#		螓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
轃	ʔsiːn, ʔsrin
秦	*zin
螓	*zin
臻	*ʔsrin
蓁	*ʔsrin
搸	*ʔsrin
溱	*ʔsrin
榛	*ʔsrin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zin): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 秦 (OC *zin)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qín (qin²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qín
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cín
  - Wade–Giles: chʻin²
  - Yale: chín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
  - Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzin

Rime
Character	螓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匠鄰切
Baxter	dzin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zin/
Li Rong	/d͡ziĕn/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	can⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螓
Reading #	1/1
No.	10498
Phonetic component	秦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	秦
Old Chinese	/*zin/

Definitions

螓

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a small cicada with a square head
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) housefly

Japanese

Kanji

螓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しん (shin)、じん (jin)
Kun: なつぜみ (natsuzemi)、むぎわらぜみ (mugiwarazemi)