yǐn

the earthworm

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyinX[ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ earthworm

說文解字

《說文》:“螾,側行者。从虫,寅聲。蚓,螾或从引。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica