蟶

See also: 蛏

蟶 U+87F6, 蟶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F6 ← 蟵 [U+87F5] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟷 → [U+87F7]

Translingual

Han character

蟶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸口土 (LISRG), four-corner 5611₄, composition ⿰虫聖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33664
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2895, character 3
• Unihan data for U+87F6

Chinese

trad.		蟶
simp.		蛏

razor clam

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
檉	*l̥ʰeŋ
蟶	*l̥ʰeŋ
聖	*hljeŋs
聽	*l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
廳	*l̥ʰeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰeŋ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ / sing³
• Northern Min (KCR): táing
• Eastern Min (BUC): tĕng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): teng¹ / cing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): than / chheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹ / sing³
    • Yale: chīng / sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ / sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ / xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/, /sɪŋ³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: táing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: teng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛŋ⁵³³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³/

Note:

• teng1 - vernacular;
• cing1 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: than / chheng
    • Tâi-lô: than / tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafn, zhefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan³³/, /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• than - vernacular;
• chheng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen
    • MiniDict: tshen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjeng

Rime
Character	蟶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑貞切
Baxter	trhjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟶
Reading #	1/1
No.	11390
Phonetic component	聖
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檉
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeŋ/

Definitions

蟶

1. a razor clam, in particular a Chinese razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta) (Classifier: 敉 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟶子 (“razor clam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟶子, 縊蟶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蟶子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蟶子, 蟶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蟶子, 人蟶
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蟶子
	Dongguan	蟶子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蟶仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟶
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟶仔, 蟶
	Quanzhou	蟶仔
	Zhangzhou	蟶仔
	Zhao'an	蟶
	Penghu (Xiyu)	蟶
	Shantou	蟶
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蟶
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	蟶
	Haifeng	蟶仔
Central Min	Yong'an	蟶
Wu	Shanghai	蟶子
	Shanghai (Jiading)	蟶子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蟶
	Ningbo	蟶子
	Wenzhou	蟶子

Compounds

• 人蟶 / 人蛏
• 日月蟶 / 日月蛏
• 竹蟶 / 竹蛏
• 縊蟶 / 缢蛏 (yìchēng)
• 藃蟶 / 藃蛏
• 螠蟶 / 螠蛏 (yìchēng)
• 蟶乾 / 蛏干 (chēnggān)
• 蟶仔 / 蛏仔
• 蟶子 / 蛏子 (chēngzi)
• 蟶田 / 蛏田 (chēngtián)
• 鋪面蟶 / 铺面蛏

 

References

• “蟶”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蛏”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 29.
• William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 89, 737.

Japanese

蟶貝(mate-gai)

Kanji

蟶

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. razor clam

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: まて (mate)