螾

螾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十一金 (LIJMC) or 難中戈十一 (XLIJM), four-corner 5318₆, composition ⿰虫寅)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33529
• Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2887, character 20
• Unihan data for U+87BE

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lin, *linʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect; worm”) + phonetic 寅 (OC *lil, *lin).

螾

1. ^† Alternative form of 蚓 (yǐn, “earthworm”)

   • 螾無爪牙之利，筋骨之強，上食埃土，下飲黃泉，用心一也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     螾无爪牙之利，筋骨之强，上食埃土，下饮黄泉，用心一也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Yǐn wú zhǎoyá zhī lì, jīngǔ zhī qiáng, shàng shí āi tǔ, xià yǐn huángquán, yòngxīn yī yě. [Pinyin]

     The earthworm does not have sharp teeth and claws, nor does it have strong bones and muscles. Yet, it eats of the earth above, and it drinks from the Yellow Springs below, because it acts with single-mindedness.

2. ^† moving; wiggling

螾

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): いん (in)
• Kun: みみず (mimizu, 螾)

螾 • (in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune–Reischauer in, Yale in)

1. (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm