蟫

蟫 · yín

silverfish

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yín
Cantonese
taam4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

silverfish

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42890.040:yín,xún Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1378.070:yín Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
437.240:yín Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yín粵jam4,taam4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シン タン イン ドン ジン しみ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
餘針 徒含 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIMWJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5114.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1097.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
218.28 221.09 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87EB
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7999

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
yim · 餘針 · 深開三平侵以 · #1055
Middle Chinese
dom · 徒含 · 咸開一平覃定 · #1072

PHONO-ML, source line 8313; 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
1198.506
kDaeJaweon
1562.090
kHanYu
42890.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1562.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42890.040
kIRGKangXi
1097.300
kKangXi
1097.300
kMatthews
7417
kMorohashi
33615 33615:E0101
kSBGY
218.28 221.09
kSMSZD2003Index
621.12
kCangjie
LIMWJ
kFourCornerCode
5114.6
kMojiJoho
MJ023734 MJ023734:E0101 MJ023735:E0102
kPhonetic
1292
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-627D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F0BF
kIRG_JSource
J14-7778
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-72BC
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D47
kIRG_TSource
T2-632B
kRSUnicode
142.12
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F0BF
kCCCII
232C39
kCNS1986
2-632B
kCNS1992
2-632B
kEACC
232C39
kGB3
6693
kJIS0213
2,87,88
kJis1
5965
kTGH
2013:7999
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15104+142.6.12
kCantonese
taam4
kDefinition
silverfish
kFanqie
餘針 徒含
kHanyuPinyin
42890.040:yín,xún
kJapanese
シン タン イン ドン ジン しみ
kJapaneseKun
SHIMI
kJapaneseOn
IN TAN DON
kMandarin
yín
kSMSZD2003Readings
yín粵jam4,taam4
kTGHZ2013
437.240:yín
kXHC1983
1378.070:yín

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
虫 beside 覃 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫覃$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫覃$(GHTJKP)

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