# 蚮

| 蚮 | U+86AE, &#34478; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86AE |
| ← 蚭 [U+86AD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚯 → [U+86AF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蚮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人戈心 (LIOIP), composition ⿰虫代)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32914
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2844, character 3
* Unihan data for U+86AE

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tè (te$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ
* Mandarin
** (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/

#### Definitions

蚮
* (Putian Puxian Min) oyster

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 牡蠣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蠔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蠔 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 海蠣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠔, 生蠔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蠔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 生蠔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蚵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蚵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠣黃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 八蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 蠣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蠔, 水生 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 蠔仔 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蠔, 水生, 水魚 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蚮, 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蚮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蠣黃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠣膏 |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táiⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: táinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvae
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tãi⁵³/

#### Definitions

蚮
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) extremely small