螓

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qín
Cantonese: ceon4
JapaneseKun: NATSU ZEMI
JapaneseOn: SHIN JIN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a small cicada with a square head

CE-Dict: small cicada with a square head

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of small cicada

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】螓
【唐韻】匠鄰切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】慈鄰切，𠀤音秦。蟲名，似蟬而小。一名蜻。蜻，𧉒也，頭方有文。【詩·衞風】螓首蛾眉。【傳】螓首，顙廣而方。【夢溪筆談】蟭蟟之小而綠色者，北人謂之螓。　又【爾雅翼】大蠅曰胡螓。