螾

螾 U+87BE, 螾 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 5318₆, 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

simp. and trad.		螾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³
    • Yale: yǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁵
    • Yale: yáhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³/

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• 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	/jiɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/jinX/
Shao Rongfen	/jenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jinX/
Li Rong	/iĕnX/
Wang Li	/jĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan5

• 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	‹ yinX ›
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

1. ^† Alternative form of 蚓 (yǐn, “earthworm”)

   • 螾無爪牙之利，筋骨之強，上食埃土，下飲黃泉，用心一也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     螾无爪牙之利，筋骨之强，上食埃土，下饮黄泉，用心一也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd 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.

2. ^† moving; wiggling

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/

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• 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/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4

• 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

螾

(uncommon “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)

1. (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm

Synonyms

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