螣

螣 · téng

mythological wingless dragon

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
téng
Cantonese
tang4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mythological wingless dragon

Dictionary definitions & readings

螣 téng · flying dragon

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32114.010:téng,tè Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1125.031:tè 1125.100:téng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
363.030:téng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
téng粵tang4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
トウ トク ドウ チン ジン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
등:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒登 直稔 徒得 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BFQI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7923.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1093.460 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
202.04 328.20 529.47 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0893u Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87A3
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7883

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dong · 徒登 · 曾開一平登定 · #981
Middle Chinese
drimX · 直稔 · 深開三上侵澄 · #1978
Middle Chinese
dok · 徒得 · 曾開一入登定 · #3727

PHONO-ML, source line 7701; 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
1195.401
kDaeJaweon
1559.010
kGSR
0893u
kHanYu
32114.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1559.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32114.010
kIRGKangXi
1093.460
kKangXi
1093.460
kLau
3040
kMatthews
6184
kMeyerWempe
3018d
kMorohashi
33435:E0103
kSBGY
202.04 328.20 529.47
kSMSZD2003Index
618.15 301.11 561.11
kCangjie
BFQI
kFourCornerCode
7923.6
kMojiJoho
MJ023656 MJ023656:E0102 MJ023655:E0103
kPhonetic
1208
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G3-4D77
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EB66
kIRG_JSource
J1-5B49
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-722E
kIRG_KSource
K1-5D71
kIRG_TSource
T2-5A34
kRSUnicode
142.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EB66
kCCCII
232B3A
kCNS1986
2-5A34
kCNS1992
2-5A34
kEACC
232B3A
kGB3
4587
kJis1
5941
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7883
kTaiwanTelegraph
5822
kXerox
306:264
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19767+74.4.12 C+19767+142.6.10 V+22442+74.4.12 V+22442+142.6.10
kCantonese
tang4
kDefinition
mythological wingless dragon
kFanqie
徒登 直稔 徒得
kHangul
등:1N
kHanyuPinyin
32114.010:téng,tè
kJapanese
トウ トク ドウ チン ジン
kJapaneseOn
TOU DOU CHIN JIN
kKorean
TUNG
kMandarin
téng
kSMSZD2003Readings
téng粵tang4
kTGHZ2013
363.030:téng
kXHC1983
1125.031:tè 1125.100:téng

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 螣0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
月 beside 䖭 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰月䖭$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰月䖭$(GHTJKP)

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