Shen Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Insect (chóng)
蝹
Kangxi Stroke Count: 15
Page 1093, Entry 01
Pronounced yun (level tone).
Yunyun: The appearance of a dragon.
Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu) by Zhang Heng: Sea fish change into the likeness of a dragon, twisting and turning in a yunyun manner.
Poem by Han Yu: The mountains are smooth and gleaming as if polished; the tempered dragon displays a yunyun posture.
Also refers to a way of walking.
River Rhapsody (Jiang Fu) by Guo Pu: A divine shen (a legendary dragon) yunlun (the appearance of winding and swimming) sinks and swims in the water.
Also pronounced juan.
Also pronounced yun.
The meaning is the same.
Also pronounced ao (rising tone).
The name of an insect, resembling an ape, which often stays underground and feeds on human brain marrow.
Accounts of Strange Things (Shuyiji): During the time of Duke Mu of Qin, people in Chencang dug into the earth and found a creature that looked like a sheep but was not a sheep, and looked like a pig but was not a pig. Two children said: This creature is called a yun; if one pierces its head with a branch of a pine or cypress tree, it will die.