# 蠕

| 蠕 | U+8815, &#34837; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8815 |
| ← 蠔 [U+8814] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠖 → [U+8816] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠕 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一月月 (LIMBB), four-corner 5112$_7$, composition ⿰虫需)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 50
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33749
* Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 34
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2900, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8815

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 羺 | *noː |
| 獳 | *noː |
| 擩 | *noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod |
| 譳 | *noːs |
| 懦 | *noːls, *njo |
| 糯 | *noːls |
| 需 | *sno |
| 繻 | *sno, *njo |
| 鑐 | *sno |
| 儒 | *njo |
| 濡 | *njo, *noːn |
| 襦 | *njo |
| 嚅 | *njo |
| 顬 | *njo |
| 鱬 | *njo |
| 嬬 | *njo |
| 臑 | *njo |
| 醹 | *njo, *njoʔ |
| 蠕 | *njo |
| 孺 | *njos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njo) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 需 (OC *sno).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rú (ru$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû / lû / jî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rú
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rú
*** Wade–Giles: ju$^2$
*** Yale: rú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
*** Palladius: жу (žu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$
*** Yale: yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû
*** Tâi-lô: jû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: juu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû
*** Tâi-lô: lû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luu
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /lu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî
*** Tâi-lô: jî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13980 |
| Phonetic component | 需 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儒 |
| Old Chinese | /*njo/ |
| Notes | 見史記說文作蝡 |

#### Definitions

蠕
* squirm; wriggle

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎn
*** Wade–Giles: juan$^3$
*** Yale: rwǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
*** Palladius: жуань (žuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu̯än²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^5$
*** Yale: yúhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn¹³/

#### Definitions

蠕
* Alternative form of 蝡／蠕 (“squirm; wriggle”)

### Compounds

* 柔蠕
* 蚑蠕
* 蚑行蠕動／蚑行蠕动
* 蜫蠕
* 蜎蠕
* 蜎飛蠕動／蜎飞蠕动
* 蝚蠕 (Róurú)
* 蠉蠕
* 蠉飛蠕動／蠉飞蠕动
* 蠕動／蠕动 (rúdòng)
* 蠕形動物／蠕形动物 (ruǎnxíng dòngwù)
* 蠕活
* 蠕簇
* 蠕蛇
* 蠕蜚
* 蠕蟲／蠕虫 (rúchóng)
* 蠕蠕
* 蠕行
* 跂蠕
* 選蠕／选蠕

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: にゅう (nyū)、ねん (nen)
* Kan-on: じゅ (ju)、ぜん (zen)
* Kun: うごめく (ugomeku, 蠕く)

#### Compounds

* 蠕形動物(ぜんけいどうぶつ) (zenkei dōbutsu)
* 蠕蠕(ぜんぜん) (zenzen)
* 蠕虫(ぜんちゅう) (zenchū, “worm”)
* 蠕動(ぜんどう) (zendō)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠕: Hán Nôm readings: nhuyễn
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