# 蠊

| 蠊 | U+880A, &#34826; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-880A |
| ← 蠉 [U+8809] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠋 → [U+880B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈廿金 (LIITC), four-corner 5013$_7$, composition ⿰虫廉)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33701
* Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 7
* Unihan data for U+880A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 譧 | *r'eːms |
| 賺 | *r'eːms |
| 尲 | *kreːm |
| 鹻 | *kreːmʔ |
| 歉 | *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms |
| 槏 | *kʰreːmʔ |
| 鰜 | *ɡreːm, *keːm |
| 稴 | *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm |
| 豏 | *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms |
| 甉 | *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm |
| 廉 | *ɡ·rem |
| 鎌 | *ɡ·rem |
| 鬑 | *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm |
| 鐮 | *ɡ·rem |
| 簾 | *ɡ·rem |
| 薕 | *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm |
| 蠊 | *ɡ·rem |
| 嬚 | *ɡ·remʔ |
| 溓 | *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ |
| 嵰 | *kʰremʔ |
| 隒 | *ŋɡremʔ |
| 熑 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 濂 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 燫 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 兼 | *keːm, *keːms |
| 縑 | *keːm |
| 鶼 | *keːm |
| 蒹 | *keːm |
| 搛 | *keːm |
| 謙 | *kʰeːm |
| 膁 | *kʰeːmʔ |
| 嗛 | *kʰeːmʔ |
| 慊 | *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb |
| 傔 | *kʰeːms |
| 馦 | *qʰeːm |
| 嫌 | *ɡeːm |
| 鼸 | *ɡeːmʔ |
| 尷 | *kreːm |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lián (lian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lim$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lián
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lián
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^2$
*** Yale: lyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
*** Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lim$^4$
*** Yale: lìhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lim$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lim$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːm²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ljem
Rime :
| Character | 蠊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力鹽切 |
| Baxter | ljem |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liam/ |
| Li Rong | /liɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭɛm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lim$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rem/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6048 |
| Phonetic component | 兼 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 廉 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·rem/ |

### Definitions

蠊
* Used in 蜚蠊 (fěilián, “cockroach”) and 飛蠊／飞蠊.
* (alt. form 螊, 𧍧) (historical dictionaries only) type of mollusc

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12484

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: れん (ren)
* Kan-on: れん (ren)

#### Compounds

* 蜚蠊(ごきぶり) (gokiburi): cockroach

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠊: Hán Nôm readings: liêm
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#### References

* Nom Foundation