螈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yuán
Cantonese: jyun4
JapaneseKun: IMORI
JapaneseOn: GEN GAN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a silkworm

CE-Dict: salamander/newt

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of amphibious reptile; a salamander
2.a kind of silkworm

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】螈
【集韻】愚袁切，音元。與蚖同。蠑螈，蛇醫。互見蠑、蚖二字註。又螈蠶。【埤雅】再蠶也。或曰蠶不交而生者，往往爲螈蠶。【淮南子·泰族訓】螈蠶，一歲再收，非不利也，然而王法禁之者，爲其殘桑也。　本作原，或作𧔞𧕜𧉗𧏐。
考證：〔【淮南子·泰俗訓】〕　謹照原書俗改族。

CF-Dict: ver à soie

Han-De-Dict: Molch (u.E.) (S)