蛣

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jié, qiè
Cantonese: gat1 kit3
JapaneseOn: KITSU KICHI KETSU KECHI KEI
Korean: KIL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: (dung) beetle

CE-Dict: beetle

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蛣蛣䖦，蝎也。从虫吉聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蛣
【唐韻】去吉切【集韻】喫吉切，𠀤音詰。【爾雅·釋蟲】蝎蛣𧌑。詳蝎字註。　又蛣蜣、蜣蜋，𠀤詳蜣字註。　又璅蛣。【述異記】淮海之人呼璅蛣爲蟹奴。【郭璞·江賦】璅蛣腹蟹。【註】《南越志》：璅蛣長寸餘，大者長二三寸，腹中有蟹子如楡莢，合體共生，俱爲蛣取食。【字彙補】《漢律》會稽郡獻蛣醬。　又【類篇】蛣蟩，井中小蟲。　又【集韻】詰結切，音猰。吉詣切，音計。義𠀤同。

Han-De-Dict: flitzen, Käfer (u.E.) (S)