蚺

蚺	U+86BA, 蚺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86BA

← 蚹
[U+86B9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蚻 →
[U+86BB]

Translingual

Han character

蚺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土月 (LIGB), four-corner 5515₇, composition ⿰虫冉)

a boa constrictor

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 28

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32931

Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 12

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 1

Unihan data for U+86BA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚺
alternative forms		蚦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
那	naːl, naːlʔ, *naːls
挪	*naːl
娜	*naːlʔ
柟	noːm, njam, *njamʔ
抩	*noːm
聃	n̥ʰaːm, n̥ʰaːm
舑	n̥ʰaːm, njam
坍	*n̥ʰaːm
髯	njam, njams
蚺	*njam
呥	*njam
冉	njam, njamʔ
袡	*njam
苒	*njamʔ
姌	njamʔ, neːmʔ

Etymology

For Cantonese word naːm²¹, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rán (ran²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴, naam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rán
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rán
  - Wade–Giles: jan²
  - Yale: rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ran
  - Palladius: жань (žanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁴, naam⁴
  - Yale: yìhm, nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴, naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴, nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹/, /naːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: nyem

Rime
Character	蚺
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*njam/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚺
Reading #	1/1
No.	10778
Phonetic component	冉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩓾
Old Chinese	/*njam/

Definitions

蚺

boa; python

Compounds

森蚺 (sēnrán)
蚺蛇 (ránshé)
蚺䗊

References

“蚺”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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