蟺

蟺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜田一 (LIYWM), four-corner 5011₆, composition ⿰虫亶)

1. earthworm

• 灗

• 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

Historical forms of the character 蟺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

蟺

1. Only used in 蜿蟺 (wānshàn).
2. Alternative form of 蟮 (shàn)
   • c. 3rd century BCE, 荀子 [Xunzi], chapter 1, in 荀子 [Xunzi]:

     蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴無可寄託者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴无可寄托者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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