蠲

蠲 · juān

millipede; glow-worm; bright, clear

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
juān
Cantonese
gyun1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

millipede; glow-worm; bright, clear

Dictionary definitions & readings

蠲 juān · (literary) to remit; to exempt; (literary) millipede; (literary) to manifest; (literary) to cleanse

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42573.240:juān Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0616.050:juān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
187.040:juān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
juān粵gyun1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケイ ケン ケ きよい のぞく Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
견:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古玄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TTWLI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8612.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1103.180 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
136.02 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1250f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8832
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
23
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6486

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

23 strokes
蠲
Strokes
23
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

23 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
kwen · 古玄 · 山合四平先見 · #592

PHONO-ML, source line 4822; 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
1201.402
kCowles
1837
kDaeJaweon
1566.280
kGSR
1250f
kHanYu
42573.240
kIRGDaeJaweon
1566.280
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42573.240
kIRGKangXi
1103.180
kKangXi
1103.180
kKarlgren
197
kMatthews
1649
kMeyerWempe
1289b
kMorohashi
33873
kSBGY
136.02
kSMSZD2003Index
623.14
kCangjie
TTWLI
kFourCornerCode
8612.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023830
kPhonetic
663 1264 1555
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6E43
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F7F8
kIRG_JSource
J14-7822
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7302
kIRG_KSource
K1-583C
kIRG_TSource
T2-6F47
kRSUnicode
142.17
kTotalStrokes
23
kBigFive
F7F8
kCCCII
232D2A
kCNS1986
2-6F47
kCNS1992
2-6F47
kEACC
232D2A
kGB0
7835
kGB1
7835
kJIS0213
2,88,02
kJis1
5993
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5873
kTGH
2013:6486
kTaiwanTelegraph
5873
kXerox
271:315
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18632+108.5.18 C+18632+142.6.17
kCantonese
gyun1
kDefinition
millipede; glow-worm; bright, clear
kFanqie
古玄
kHangul
견:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42573.240:juān
kJapanese
ケイ ケン ケ きよい のぞく
kJapaneseKun
YASUDE
kJapaneseOn
KEN KEI KE
kKorean
KYEN
kMandarin
juān
kSMSZD2003Readings
juān粵gyun1
kTGHZ2013
187.040:juān
kTang
guen
kXHC1983
0616.050:juān

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 蠲0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
益 beside 蜀 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰益蜀$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰益蜀$(GHTJKP)

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