Unicode: U+9F39

Pinyin: yǎn

Definition

* 〔~鼠〕哺乳动物,长十余厘米,毛黑褐色,趾有钩爪,善掘土,白天住在土中,夜晚捕食昆虫,也吃农作物的根。俗称"地排子"

a kind of insectivorous rodent

Structure

鼹 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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