# 蟳

| 蟳 | U+87F3, &#34803; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F3 |
| ← 蟲 [U+87F2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟴 → [U+87F4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟳 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸一戈 (LISMI), four-corner 5714$_6$, composition ⿰虫尋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33634
* Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2894, character 8
* Unihan data for U+87F3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 虫 (“bug”) + phonetic 尋 (OC *ljum).

### Etymology

Probably related to Vietnamese sam (“king crab”), which may be related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam, whence Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam, “crab”), Mon ဂတာံ (“crab”) (Norman and Mei, 1976).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xún (xun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): cěng
* Eastern Min (BUC): sìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rim$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xún
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syún
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$
*** Yale: syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
*** Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^4$
*** Yale: chìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cěng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡seiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîm
*** Tâi-lô: tsîm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciim
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Philippines): /t͡sim²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rim$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jîm
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zim⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yin
*** MiniDict: yin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦin²³/

### Definitions

蟳
* swimming crab
* (Hokkien) crab (general term) (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螃蟹, 蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蟹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 螃蟹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螃蟹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螃蟹, 肥蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 螃蟹, 蟹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 爬蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 蟹子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟹, 打橫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 螃鉗 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 螃蟹 large, 螃鉗 small |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 螃鉗 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟹, 青蟹 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蟹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螃蟹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 螃蟹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 爬拐, 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Changting | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟹子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蟹子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 壙蟹, 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老蟹, 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老蟹, 蟹 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老蟹 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蟹蟹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 螃蟹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 螃蟹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 螃蟹 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蟹 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蟹 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蟹仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蟹仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蟹仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 鰻蟹 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 老蟹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蟳, 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 肉蟹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 螃蟹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蟹, 田蟹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 蟹 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蟹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蟹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 螃蟹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 螃蟹 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蟹仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蟹 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老蟹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蟹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蟹, 老毛蟹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蟹 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蟹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 螃蟹, 蟹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 湖蟹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蟹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蟹, 十隻腳 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蟹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 螃蟹 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 螃蟹 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 螃蟹, 螃解子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 螃蟹 |

### Compounds

* 冇蟳 / 冇𫊻
* 海蟳 / 海𫊻
* 紅蟳 / 红𫊻 (hóngxún)
* 菜蟳 / 菜𫊻 (càixún)
* 蟳丸 / 𫊻丸
* 蟳仁 / 𫊻仁
* 蟳仔 / 𫊻仔
* 蟳仔栱 / 𫊻仔栱
* 蟳仔膏 / 𫊻仔膏
* 蟳栱肉 / 𫊻栱肉
* 蟳栱骹 / 𫊻栱骹
* 蟳窟 / 𫊻窟 (Xúnkū)
* 蟳管 / 𫊻管
* 蟳膏 / 𫊻膏
* 蟳虎 / 𫊻虎
* 蟳虎魯舅 / 𫊻虎鲁舅

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じん (jin)
* Kun: がざみ (gazami)