# 蠘

| 蠘 | U+8818, &#34840; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8818 |
| ← 蠗 [U+8817] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠙 → [U+8819] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十戈土 (LIJIG), composition ⿰虫截)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33754
* Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 38
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2899, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8818

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jié (jie$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zit$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): chiē
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiĕk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ci$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhi̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cih$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jié
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jié
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^2$
*** Yale: jyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
*** Palladius: цзе (cze)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zit$^6$
*** Yale: jiht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːt̚²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiē
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiɛ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ci$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰi¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tshi̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chih
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /t͡sʰiʔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiʔ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cih$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiʔ⁴/

### Definitions

蠘
* (literary or Min) swimming crab

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蝤蛑, 蠘 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 梭子蟹, 蝤蛑 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 梭子蟹, 蝤蛑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 梭子蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 梭子蟹, 尖子蟹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠘 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蠘 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蠘 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蠘 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蠘 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蠘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蠘仔, 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蠘仔, 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蠘仔, 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蠘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蠘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蠘 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蠘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 梭子蟹, 白蟹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 梭子蟹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 槍蟹, 海蟹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 白蟹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 港蟹 |

### Compounds

* 紅膏赤蠘 / 红膏赤蠘
* 蠘仔

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せつ (setsu)、ぜち (zechi)