# 蟶

| 蟶 | U+87F6, &#34806; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F6 |
| ← 蟵 [U+87F5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟷 → [U+87F7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸口土 (LISRG), four-corner 5611$_4$, composition ⿰虫聖)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 45
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33664
* Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2895, character 3
* Unihan data for U+87F6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 檉 | *l̥ʰeŋ |
| 蟶 | *l̥ʰeŋ |
| 聖 | *hljeŋs |
| 聽 | *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs |
| 廳 | *l̥ʰeːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰeŋ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chēng (cheng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^1$ / sing$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): táing
* Eastern Min (BUC): tĕng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): teng$^1$ / cing$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): than / chheng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tshen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^1$
*** Yale: chēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
*** Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^1$ / sing$^3$
*** Yale: chīng / sing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^1$ / sing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^1$ / xing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/, /sɪŋ³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: táing
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛiŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: teng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛŋ⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³/
* teng1 - vernacular;
* cing1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: trhjeng
Rime :
| Character | 蟶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丑貞切 |
| Baxter | trhjeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰiᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰiɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰiɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11390 |
| Phonetic component | 聖 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 檉 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰeŋ/ |

### Definitions

蟶
* a razor clam, in particular a Chinese razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta) (Classifier: 敉 mn)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟶子, 縊蟶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蟶子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蟶子, 蟶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蟶子, 人蟶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟶子 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蟶子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蟶仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蟶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蟶仔, 蟶 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蟶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蟶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蟶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 蟶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蟶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蟶 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 蟶 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蟶仔 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蟶 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蟶子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 蟶子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蟶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蟶子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蟶子 |

### Compounds

* 人蟶 / 人蛏
* 日月蟶 / 日月蛏
* 竹蟶 / 竹蛏
* 縊蟶 / 缢蛏 (yìchēng)
* 藃蟶 / 藃蛏
* 螠蟶 / 螠蛏 (yìchēng)
* 蟶乾 / 蛏干 (chēnggān)
* 蟶仔 / 蛏仔
* 蟶子 / 蛏子 (chēngzi)
* 蟶田 / 蛏田 (chēngtián)
* 鋪面蟶 / 铺面蛏

### References

* “蟶”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蛏”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 29.
* William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 89, 737.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* razor clam

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)
* Kun: まて (mate)