# 蟺

| 蟺 | U+87FA, &#34810; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FA |
| ← 蟹 [U+87F9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟻 → [U+87FB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜田一 (LIYWM), four-corner 5011$_6$, composition ⿰虫亶)
* earthworm

#### Derived characters

* 灗

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33671
* Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 5
* Unihan data for U+87FA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蟺 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 皽 | *tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ |
| 担 | *taːnʔ |
| 胆 | *daːn, *daːn |
| 疸 | *taːnʔ, *taːns |
| 觛 | *taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ |
| 亶 | *taːnʔ |
| 嬗 | *taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans |
| 笪 | *taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd |
| 狚 | *taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd |
| 旦 | *taːns |
| 鴠 | *taːns |
| 譠 | *tʰaːn, *rteːn |
| 坦 | *tʰaːnʔ |
| 但 | *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns |
| 檀 | *daːn |
| 壇 | *daːn |
| 儃 | *daːn, *djan |
| 驙 | *daːn, *tan |
| 袒 | *daːnʔ, *rdeːns |
| 襢 | *daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans |
| 繵 | *daːnʔ |
| 膻 | *daːnʔ |
| 澶 | *daːns, *djan |
| 邅 | *tan, *danʔ, *dans |
| 鱣 | *tan |
| 饘 | *tjan, *tjanʔ |
| 旜 | *tjan |
| 氈 | *tjan |
| 鸇 | *tjan |
| 顫 | *tjans |
| 蟺 | *djanʔ |
| 擅 | *djans |
| 羶 | *hljan |
| 呾 | *taːd, *ʔraːd |
| 怛 | *taːd |
| 妲 | *taːd |
| 靼 | *taːd, *tjad |
| 炟 | *taːd |

### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Thought STEDT connects the word to 螾 (OC *lin, *linʔ, “earthworm”), modern Old Chinese reconstructions do not appear to support this.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàn (shan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^4$
*** Yale: shàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^6$
*** Yale: sihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn²²/
* Middle Chinese: dzyenX
Rime :
| Character | 蟺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 常演切 |
| Baxter | dzyenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djanʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2093 |
| Phonetic component | 旦 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 善 |
| Old Chinese | /*djanʔ/ |

#### Definitions

蟺
* Only used in 蜿蟺 (wānshàn).
* Alternative form of 蟮 (shàn)
** c. 3rd century BCE, 荀子 [Xunzi], chapter 1, in 荀子 [Xunzi]:
       Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shé shàn zhī xué wú kě jì tuō zhě, yòng xīn zào yě. [Pinyin]
       A crab has six feet and two pincers, but it cannot live without the holes of snakes and eels, it is because it has an uncalm heart.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蟺 – see 蟬 (“cicada; a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蟬).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)、たん (tan)、だん (dan)
* Kun: みみず (mimizu)