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)

1. 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
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): riam² / riam⁵

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: riam² / riam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiám / jiâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziam⁵²/, /d͡ziam⁵⁵/

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• 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/
Bernhard 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

1. 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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–