# 螣

| 螣 | U+87A3, &#34723; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A3 |
| ← 螢 [U+87A2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螤 → [U+87A4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月火手戈 (BFQI), four-corner 7923$_6$, composition ⿰月䖭)
* (mythology) Only used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology.”).

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 46
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33435
* Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2114, character 1
* Unihan data for U+87A3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 螣
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 黱 | *l'ɯːs |
| 朕 | *l'ɯmʔ |
| 鰧 | *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ |
| 螣 | *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ |
| 栚 | *l'ɯmʔ |
| 眹 | *l'ɯnʔ |
| 騰 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 滕 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 縢 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 儯 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 幐 | *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs |
| 藤 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 謄 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 膡 | *l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs |
| 籐 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 勝 | *hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs |
| 蕂 | *hljɯŋs |
| 榺 | *hljɯŋs |
| 塍 | *ɦljɯŋ |
| 媵 | *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs |
| 賸 | *ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): téng, tè (teng$^2$, te$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ, ㄊㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tang$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: téng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: téng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: téng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
*** Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tè
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tè
*** Wade–Giles: tʻê$^4$
*** Yale: tè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teh
*** Palladius: тэ (tɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tang$^4$
*** Yale: tàhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: teng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dong, drimX, dok
Rime :
| Character | 螣 | 螣 | 螣 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 澄 (11) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 登 (129) | 侵 (140) | 德 (131) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III | I |
| Fanqie | 徒登切 | 直稔切 | 徒得切 |
| Baxter | dong | drimX | dok |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dəŋ/ | /ɖˠiɪm$^X$/ | /dək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəŋ/ | /ɖᵚim$^X$/ | /dək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dəŋ/ | /ȡiem$^X$/ | /dək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəŋ/ | /ɖjim$^X$/ | /dək̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dəŋ/ | /ȡjəm$^X$/ | /dək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /dəŋ/ | /ȡĭĕm$^X$/ | /dək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱəŋ/ | /ȡʱi̯əm$^X$/ | /dʱək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | téng | zhèn | dé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tang$^4$ | zam$^6$ | dak$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯmʔ/, /*l'ɯːŋ/, /*l'ɯːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螣 | 螣 | 螣 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 17112 | 17120 | 17138 |
| Phonetic component | 朕 | 朕 | 朕 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 蒸 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 朕 | 騰 | 特 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'ɯmʔ/ | /*l'ɯːŋ/ | /*l'ɯːɡ/ |

### Definitions

螣
* (mythology) Used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology.”).
* Alternative form of 蟘／𫋌 (tè)

### Compounds

* 螣蛇 (téngshé)
* 螟螣

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): とう (tō)、どう (dō)、ちん (chin)、じん (jin)

## Korean
### Hanja

螣 • (deung) (hangeul 등, revised deung, McCune–Reischauer tŭng, Yale tung)
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