蟮

蟮 · shàn

earthworm

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shàn
Cantonese
sin6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

earthworm

Dictionary definitions & readings

蟮 shàn · used in 蛐蟮 qū shan and 曲蟮 qū shan

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42893.160:shàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0999.040:shàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
325.160:shàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shàn粵sin6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
セン ゼン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
常演 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LITGR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5816 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1098.080 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87EE
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6338

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
蟮
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzyenX · 常演 · 山開三上仙常 · #1629

PHONO-ML, source line 10851; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1198.201
kDaeJaweon
1562.160
kFennIndex
436.03
kHanYu
42893.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
1562.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42893.160
kIRGKangXi
1098.080
kKangXi
1098.080
kMatthews
5660
kMorohashi
33624
kSMSZD2003Index
622.01
kCangjie
LITGR
kFenn
152K
kFourCornerCode
5816
kMojiJoho
MJ023738
kPhonetic
1203
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G0-7335
kIRG_HSource
H-8FB2
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-023738
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-72A8
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D49
kIRG_TSource
T3-5874
kRSUnicode
142.12
kTotalStrokes
18
kCCCII
232C2C
kCNS1986
E-5874
kCNS1992
3-5874
kEACC
232C2C
kGB0
8321
kGB1
8321
kMainlandTelegraph
5807
kTGH
2013:6338
kTaiwanTelegraph
5807
kXerox
277:100
kCantonese
sin6
kDefinition
earthworm
kFanqie
常演
kHanyuPinyin
42893.160:shàn
kJapanese
セン ゼン
kMandarin
shàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
shàn粵sin6
kTGHZ2013
325.160:shàn
kXHC1983
0999.040:shàn
kSemanticVariant
U+87FA<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 蟮0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 善 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫善$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫善$(GHTKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.