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U+8758

Seal script

Radical:+ 9 strokes = 15 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.280#25 p.288#42 Kangxi: p.1089#14 Cihai: p.1193r5c01 GSR: 253.l Hanyu: v4,p2868#08
Composition:Left: , right: .
Mandarin:yǎn yàn ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese:jin2
Tang reconstruction:qěn
Shuowen:虫部》蝘:在壁曰蝘蜓,在草曰蜥易。从虫匽声。
Guangyun:广韵·上声··》蝘:蜩螗别名,又《尔雅》云:蝘蜓守宫也。
广韵·上声··》蝘:蝘蜓。于殄切,五。
Kangxi:康熙字典·虫部·》蝘:《唐韵》《集韵》𠀤于殄切,音偃。《·大雅》如蜩如螗。《传》螗,蝘也。《疏》蝉属也。草木疏云:一名蛁蟟,靑徐谓之螇螰,楚人谓之蟪蛄,秦燕谓之蛥蚗,或名之蜓蚞。郭云:俗呼爲胡蝉,江南谓之螗蛦,互详蜩、蝉二字注。又蝘蜓。《尔雅·释鱼》蜥蜴,蝘蜓。《扬雄·解嘲》执蝘蜓而嘲龟龙,不亦病乎。《注》说文曰:在壁曰蝘蜓,在草曰蜥蜴。《古今注》蝘蜓一名龙子,一曰守宫,一曰蛇医,大者长三尺,其色黑绀者善螫人。一名黑螈,一名绿螈也。《广韵》《博物志》:蝘蜓卽守宫,以器养之,食以朱砂,体尽赤,重七斤,擣万杵,以㸃女人体,终身不灭。淫则㸃灭,故号守宫。汉武试之,验。互见蜥字注。又《集韵》隐幰切,音匽。义同。或作𧓱。
考证:〔《尔雅·释虫》蜥蜴,蝘蜓。〕谨照原书释虫改释鱼。
Fanqie:于幰 (《广韵·上声··》) 于殄 (《广韵·上声··》)
Unihan definition:gecko, kind of cicada

Example usage

荀子·》:螭龙为蜓,鸱枭为凤凰。
论衡·异虚》:视龙犹蜓也。
淮南子·精神训》:视龙犹蜓,颜色不变,龙乃弭耳掉尾而逃
汉书·扬雄传下》:今子乃以鸱枭而笑凤皇,执蜓而仓龟龙,不亦病乎!
说文解字·易部》:易:蜥易,蜓,守宫也。
尔雅·释鱼》:蝾螈,蜥蜴,蜥蜴,蜓,蜓,守宫也。
艺文类聚·》:【赋】《楚荀况赋》曰:天下不治,请陈佹诗,天地易位,四时易乡,列星陨坠,旦暮晦冥,幽暗登照,日月下藏,公正无私,见谓纵横,志爱公私,重楼疏堂,道德纯备,谗口将将,仁人诎约,敖暴擅强,天下幽险,怨失世殃,龟龙为蜓,鸱枭为凤皇,比干见剖,孔子拘匡,昭昭乎其智之明也。
广韵·》:蚖:蝾蚖蜥蜴也,一名守宫字林云在壁曰蜓在洲曰蜥蜴。
太平御览·》:郭义恭《广志》曰:鼍鱼,长三尺,有四足,高尺馀,尾如蜓而大。
太平广记·蝘蜓》:蜓以器养之。
全唐诗》:李多嘲蜓,窦数集蜘蛛。
康熙字典·十一》:《崔豹·古今注》蜓,一名蛇医。

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