# 螾

| 螾 | U+87BE, &#34750; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87BE |
| ← 螽 [U+87BD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螿 → [U+87BF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十一金 (LIJMC) or 難中戈十一 (XLIJM), four-corner 5318$_6$, composition ⿰虫寅)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33529
* Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2887, character 20
* Unihan data for U+87BE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 寅 | *lil, *lin |
| 蔩 | *lil, *lenʔ, *lin |
| 鏔 | *lil, *li |
| 演 | *lenʔ |
| 縯 | *lenʔ, *linʔ |
| 戭 | *lenʔ, *linʔ |
| 夤 | *lin |
| 螾 | *lin, *linʔ |
| 濥 | *linʔ, *lins |
| 瞚 | *hljuns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lin, *linʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect; worm”) + phonetic 寅 (OC *lil, *lin).

### Etymology 1

See 蚓 (OC *linʔ).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǐn (yin$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐn
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^3$
*** Yale: yǐn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^5$
*** Yale: yáhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: yinX
Rime :
| Character | 螾 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 余忍切 |
| Baxter | yinX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiɪn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jin$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jen$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jin$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /iĕn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭĕn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ĕn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǐn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*linʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 螾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yin$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ/ |
| English | earthworm |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螾 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 15285 |
| Phonetic component | 寅 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 引 |
| Old Chinese | /*linʔ/ |

#### Definitions

螾
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 蚓 (yǐn, “earthworm”)
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Yǐn wú zhǎoyá zhī lì, jīngǔ zhī qiáng, shàng shí āi tǔ, xià yǐn huángquán, yòngxīn yī yě. [Pinyin]
    The earthworm does not have sharp teeth and claws, nor does it have strong bones and muscles. Yet, it eats of the earth above, and it drinks from the Yellow Springs below, because it acts with single-mindedness.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) moving; wiggling

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yín (yin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yín
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yín
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^2$
*** Yale: yín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: yin
Rime :
| Character | 螾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 翼眞切 |
| Baxter | yin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jin/ |
| Li Rong | /iĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lin/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 15284 |
| Phonetic component | 寅 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 寅 |
| Old Chinese | /*lin/ |

#### Definitions

螾
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): いん (in)
* Kun: みみず (mimizu, 螾)

## Korean
### Hanja

螾 • (in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune–Reischauer in, Yale in)
* (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm

#### Synonyms

* 地龍 (지룡, jiryong)
* 地龍子 (지룡자, jiryongja)
* 蚓 (인, in)
* 蚯 (구, gu)
* 蚯蚓 (구인, guin)
* 蛐 (곡, gog)
* 螾 (인, in)