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蝘
yǎn

gecko

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqeːnʔ
qanʔ
Unicodeqěn

說文解字

在壁曰蝘蜓,在艸曰蜥易。从虫匽聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)