Unicode: U+8758

Pinyin: yàn yǎn

Definition

* 〔~蜓〕❶古书上指壁虎。❷一种爬虫,全身有光滑圆鳞,背面古铜色,有金属光泽,捕食昆虫。亦称"铜石龙子"。 * 蝉的一种

gecko, kind of cicada

Structure

蝘 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E33F

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC