蚿

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xián
Cantonese: jin4
JapaneseOn: KEN GEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: millipede

CE-Dict: millipede

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蚿
【唐韻】【正韻】胡田切【韻會】胡千切，𠀤音賢。【廣韻】馬蚿，蟲。【莊子·秋水篇】夔憐蚿，蚿憐蛇。【博物志】百足，一名馬蚿，中斷成兩段，各行而去。【本草】馬蚿，形如蚯蚓，紫黑色，觸之卽側臥如環，故又名刀環。　又紫蚿。【本草】石蜐，一名紫蚿。互詳䗃、𧏿二字註。　又【集韻】胡涓切，音懸。義同。

Han-De-Dict: Doppelfüßer, Tausendfüßer (u.E.) (S)