蠊

蠊 · lián

cockroach

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lián
Cantonese
lim4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

cockroach

Dictionary definitions & readings

蠊 lián · used in 蜚蠊 fěi lián

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42898.070:lián Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0701.060:lián Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
219.150:lián Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lián粵lim4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
レン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
力鹽 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIITC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5013.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1100.060 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
225.36 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+880A
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6393

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
蠊
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
ljem · 力鹽 · 咸開三平鹽來 · #1100

PHONO-ML, source line 8623; 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
1200.103
kDaeJaweon
1564.070
kHanYu
42898.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1564.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42898.070
kIRGKangXi
1100.060
kKangXi
1100.060
kMorohashi
33701
kSBGY
225.36
kSMSZD2003Index
622.15
kCangjie
LIITC
kFourCornerCode
5013.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023774
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7339
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F2E7
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B64
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-72C8
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D59
kIRG_TSource
T2-6672
kRSUnicode
142.13
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
F2E7
kCCCII
232C50
kCNS1986
2-6672
kCNS1992
2-6672
kEACC
232C50
kGB0
8325
kGB1
8325
kJIS0213
1,91,68
kJis1
5976
kTGH
2013:6393
kXerox
321:136
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17114+142.6.13
kCantonese
lim4
kDefinition
cockroach
kFanqie
力鹽
kHanyuPinyin
42898.070:lián
kJapanese
レン
kJapaneseOn
REN
kMandarin
lián
kSMSZD2003Readings
lián粵lim4
kTGHZ2013
219.150:lián
kXHC1983
0701.060:lián

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 蠊0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 廉 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫廉$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫廉$(GHTKP)

^⿰虫⿸广⿻⿳一{43}八⿰亻亻$(J) · preserved, not fully parsed

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