# 蟾

| 蟾 | U+87FE, &#34814; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FE |
| ← 蟽 [U+87FD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟿 → [U+87FF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓金口 (LINCR), four-corner 5716$_1$, composition ⿰虫詹)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33676
* Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2897, character 15
* Unihan data for U+87FE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 甔 | *toːm, *taːm, *taːms |
| 擔 | *taːm, *taːms |
| 儋 | *ʔl'aːm |
| 聸 | *taːm |
| 膽 | *taːmʔ |
| 黵 | *taːmʔ, *tjamʔ |
| 澹 | *daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms |
| 憺 | *daːmʔ, *daːms |
| 瞻 | *tjam |
| 詹 | *tjam |
| 蟾 | *tjam, *djam |
| 噡 | *tjam |
| 譫 | *tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb |
| 幨 | *tʰjam, *tʰjams |
| 襜 | *tʰjam, *tʰjams |
| 韂 | *tʰjams |
| 贍 | *djams |
| 檐 | *lam |
| 簷 | *lam |
| 舚 | *tʰeːm, *tʰeːms |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chán (chan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâm
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$zoe / $^2$zie
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chán
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chán
*** Wade–Giles: chʻan$^2$
*** Yale: chán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
*** Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^4$
*** Yale: sìhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm
*** Tâi-lô: siâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaam
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siam²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siam²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siam²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zoe
*** MiniDict: zoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
** (Northern: Jiading)
*** Wugniu: $^2$zie
*** MiniDict: zie$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zɪ³¹/
* Middle Chinese: tsyem, dzyem
Rime :
| Character | 蟾 | 蟾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 職廉切 | 視占切 |
| Baxter | tsyem | dzyem |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiᴇm/ | /d͡ʑiᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɛm/ | /d͡ʑiɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjæm/ | /d͡ʑjæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ciam/ | /d͡ʑiam/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiɛm/ | /ʑiɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭɛm/ | /ʑĭɛm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ɛm/ | /ʑi̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhān | chán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zim$^1$ | sim$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjam/, /*djam/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟾 | 蟾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16762 | 16771 |
| Phonetic component | 詹 | 詹 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詹 | 棎 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjam/ | /*djam/ |

### Definitions

蟾
* toad

#### Compounds

* 扁蟾 (biǎnchán)
* 折桂攀蟾
* 攀蟾折桂
* 新蟾
* 明蟾 (míngchán)
* 步蟾
* 玉蟾
* 蟾光 (chánguāng)
* 蟾兔 (chántù)
* 蟾宮／蟾宫 (chángōng)
* 蟾宮客／蟾宫客
* 蟾宮折桂／蟾宫折桂 (chángōngzhéguì)
* 蟾彩
* 蟾影
* 蟾桂
* 蟾蜍 (chánchú)
* 蟾酥 (chánsū)
* 蟾魄 (chánpò)
* 金蟾 (jīnchán)
* 銀蟾／银蟾

### References

* “蟾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: ひきがえる (hikigaeru)

## Korean
### Hanja

蟾 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蟾: Hán Nôm readings: thiêm
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