juān

the millipede sometimes confounded with the grow-worm

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rejected by inralback19 · Mar 8, 2026, 08:04 PM

in a nest

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Components

Sound component
Meaning component

insect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Han 202 BC - 220 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷliːŋ
Unicodeguen

說文解字

馬蠲也。从虫、目,益聲。纽,象形。《明堂月令》曰:“腐艸爲蠲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica