鰲

鰲 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 土大弓田火 (GKNWF), four-corner 4833₆, composition ⿱敖魚)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46416
• Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9C32

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːw): phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 魚 (“fish”)

Possibly a back-formation from 黿 (OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon, “large turtle”) with final -n discarded due to folk etymology (Schuessler, 2007).

鰲

1. (Chinese mythology) large mythological sea turtle
2. (～江) Ao (a river in Zhejiang, China)

• (river): 青龍 / 青龙 (Qīnglóng) (lower reaches)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B06014
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04784-004

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. huge mythological sea turtle

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kun: おおがめ (ōgame, 鰲)^{←おほがめ (ofogame, 鰲, historical)}

• 鼇頭(ごうとう) (gōtō)

鰲 (eum 오 (o))

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鰲: Hán Nôm readings: ngao

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