𧊜
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Translingual
Han character
𧊜 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, composition ⿰虫屰)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 5
- Unihan data for U+2729C
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
𧊜 | |
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| alternative forms | 鱷／鳄 鰐／鳄 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 虫 (“insect, reptile”) + phonetic 屰 (OC *ŋraɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: è
- Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: è
- Wade–Giles: o4
- Yale: è
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
- Palladius: э (e)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
𧊜
- alternative form of 鱷 / 鳄 (è, “crocodile”)
- 𧊜：似蜥易，長一丈，水潛，吞人卽浮，出日南。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2nd century CE
- È: sì xīyì, cháng yī zhàng, shuǐ qián, tūn rén jí fú, chū Rìnán. [Pinyin]
- Crocodile: looks like a lizard, one-zhang-long, hides in water, swallows any person who comes near or swims; from Rinan.
𧊜：似蜥易，长一丈，水潜，吞人卽浮，出日南。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]