鼴

See also: 鼹

鼴	U+9F34, 鼴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F34

← 鼳
[U+9F33]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鼵 →
[U+9F35]

Translingual

Han character

鼴 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+9, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹女尸日女 (HVSAV), four-corner 7171₄, composition ⿰鼠匽 or ⿺鼠匽)

a kind of insectivorous shrew

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1529, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48464
Dae Jaweon: page 2065, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4776, character 10
Unihan data for U+9F34

Chinese

trad.		鼴/鼹
simp.		鼹

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鼴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
堰	qrens, qanʔ, *qans
躽	qrens, qeːnʔ
宴	qeːnʔ, qeːns
蝘	qeːnʔ, qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	qanʔ, qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	qanʔ, qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yen³
  - Yale: yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin²
  - Yale: yín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jonX

Rime
Character	鼴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於幰切
Baxter	'jonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨan^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐn^X/
Wang Li	/ĭɐn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼴
Reading #	1/1
No.	14390
Phonetic component	妟
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	偃
Old Chinese	/*qanʔ/

Definitions

鼴

animal from the family Talpidae

Compounds

鼴腹／鼹腹
鼴鼠／鼹鼠 (yǎnshǔ)

Japanese

Kanji

鼴

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)
Kun: もぐら (mogura)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
鼴
もぐら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鼴 – see the following entry.

【土竜もぐら】

[noun] a mole (burrowing insectivore)

Alternative spellings
鼹鼠, モグラ

(This term, 鼴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

The もぐら spelling may be more common for this word in general use.

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as モグラ.

Korean

Hanja

鼴 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn, Yale en)

mole (burrowing insectivore)
Synonyms: 두더지 (dudeoji), 鼢 (분, bun), 鼹 (언, eon)

Vietnamese

Han character

鼴: Hán Nôm readings: yển

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