# 蛅

| 蛅 | U+86C5, &#34501; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C5 |
| ← 蛄 [U+86C4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛆 → [U+86C6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛅 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜口 (LIYR), four-corner 5116$_0$, composition ⿰虫占)
* a caterpillar

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32961
* Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 34
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 14
* Unihan data for U+86C5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蛅
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 頕 | *taːm |
| 煔 | *ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms |
| 炶 | *ɦlaːm |
| 詀 | *rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb |
| 站 | *rteːms |
| 檆 | *sreːm |
| 黏 | *nem |
| 粘 | *nem |
| 枮 | *slem, *ʔl'ɯm |
| 霑 | *tem |
| 沾 | *tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm |
| 覘 | *tems, *tʰem |
| 鉆 | *tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb |
| 占 | *ʔljem, *tjems |
| 颭 | *tjemʔ |
| 佔 | *tjems, *teːm |
| 苫 | *hljem, *hljems |
| 痁 | *hljem, *teːms |
| 蛅 | *njem |
| 阽 | *lem |
| 敁 | *teːm |
| 掂 | *tiːm |
| 點 | *teːmʔ |
| 玷 | *teːmʔ, *teːms |
| 店 | *tiːms |
| 坫 | *tiːms, *tim |
| 黇 | *tʰeːm |
| 扂 | *deːmʔ |
| 拈 | *neːm |
| 鮎 | *neːm |
| 砧 | *ʔl'ɯm |
| 笘 | *teːb |
| 跕 | *teːb, *tʰeːb |
| 貼 | *tʰeːb |
| 帖 | *tʰeːb |
| 怗 | *tʰeːb |
| 呫 | *tʰeːb |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhān (zhan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^4$ / zim$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
*** Wade–Giles: chan$^1$
*** Yale: jān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
*** Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^4$ / zim$^1$
*** Yale: yìhm / jīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^4$ / dzim$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^4$ / jim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm²¹/, /t͡siːm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: nyem
Rime :
| Character | 蛅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 汝鹽切 |
| Baxter | nyem |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiam/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭɛm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njem/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16714 |
| Phonetic component | 占 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𩓾 |
| Old Chinese | /*njem/ |

### Definitions

蛅
* Used in 蛅蟖 (zhānsī).
* Used in 蛅蛅.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ぜん (zen)、ねん (nen)、せん (sen)

## Korean
### Hanja

蛅 • (jeom) (hangeul 점)
* (쐐기) hairy and poisonous caterpillar

#### Synonyms

* 사 (蟖, sa)
* 자 (蚝, ja)
* 점사 (蛅蟖, jeomsa)

#### Compounds

* 점사 (蛅蟖, jeomsa)

#### Related terms

* 모충 (毛蟲, mochung, “caterpillar”)
* 유충 (幼蟲, yuchung, “larva”)

#### See also

* 아 (蛾, a, “moth”)
* 모 (毛, mo, “hair, wool, fur, feather, fuzz”)