# 蚖

| 蚖 | U+8696, &#34454; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8696 |
| ← 蚕 [U+8695] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚗 → [U+8697] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* 螈 (the modern standard form)

### Han character

蚖 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一一山 (LIMMU), four-corner 5111$_1$, composition ⿰虫元)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 40
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32871
* Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2837, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8696

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蚖
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 冠 | *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns |
| 莞 | *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 脘 | *ŋkoːnʔ |
| 筦 | *ŋkoːnʔ |
| 梡 | *ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 岏 | *ŋoːn |
| 刓 | *ŋoːn |
| 园 | *ŋoːn |
| 忨 | *ŋoːn, *ŋoːns |
| 蚖 | *ŋoːn, *ŋon |
| 黿 | *ŋoːn, *ŋon |
| 抏 | *ŋoːn |
| 玩 | *ŋoːns |
| 貦 | *ŋoːns |
| 翫 | *ŋoːns |
| 妧 | *ŋoːns |
| 完 | *ɦŋoːn |
| 捖 | *ɦŋoːn |
| 垸 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns |
| 綄 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 院 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons |
| 皖 | *ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 晥 | *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 浣 | *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 頑 | *ŋroːn, *ŋroːn |
| 睆 | *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 鯇 | *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 元 | *ŋon |
| 沅 | *ŋon |
| 芫 | *ŋon |
| 杬 | *ŋon |
| 邧 | *ŋon, *ŋonʔ |
| 阮 | *ŋon, *ŋonʔ |
| 俒 | *ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuán (yuan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^2$
*** Yale: ywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
*** Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^4$
*** Yale: yùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ngjwon
Rime :
| Character | 蚖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 愚袁切 |
| Baxter | ngjwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋuan/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭwɐn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋon/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蚖 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 16150 |
| Phonetic component | 元 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 元 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋon/ |
| Notes | 後作螈 |

#### Definitions

蚖
* (obsolete) animal similar to a lizard or salamander

#### Compounds

* 榮蚖／荣蚖
* 玄蚖
* 蚖珍蠶／蚖珍蚕
* 蚖膏
* 蚖蠶／蚖蚕
* 蚖鱓／蚖鳝
* 蠑蚖／蝾蚖 (róngyuán)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wán (wan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wán
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wán
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^2$
*** Yale: wán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
*** Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ngwan
Rime :
| Character | 蚖 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五丸切 |
| Baxter | ngwan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋwan/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蚖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 16117 |
| Phonetic component | 元 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 岏 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋoːn/ |

#### Definitions

蚖
* (obsolete) venomous snake

#### Compounds

* 蚖虵
* 蚖蛇

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

From Middle Chinese 蚖 (MC ngjwon):
* Go-on: ごん (gon)
* Kan-on: げん (gen)
* Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)
* Kun: いもり (imori, 蚖)
From Middle Chinese 蚖 (MC ngwan):
* Go-on: がん (gan)
* Kan-on: がん (gan)
* Kun: まむし (mamushi, 蚖)