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蛙

蛙

Translingual

Han character

蛙 (radical 142 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土土 (LIGG), four-corner 54114, composition ⿰虫圭)

  1. frog

References

  • KangXi: page 1081, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32997
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2847, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+86D9

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蛙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街 *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳 *kreː
鮭 *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖 *ŋreː, *ŋre
啀 *ŋreː
厓 *ŋreː
捱 *ŋreː
睚 *ŋreːs
娃 *qreː
洼 *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇 *qreː, *qʷraː
胿 *ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎 *qeːns
觟 *ɡʷraːʔ
黊 *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳 *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙 *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪 *qʷraː
卦 *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛 *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭 *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨 *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂 *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦 *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 蛙
Mandarin Beijing /ua⁵⁵/
Harbin /ua²⁴/
Tianjin /vɑ²¹/
Jinan /va⁴²/
Qingdao /va²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ua²⁴/
Xi'an /ua²¹/
Xining /ua⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /va⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /va⁵³/
Ürümqi /va⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ua⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ua⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ua⁵⁵/
Kunming /ua̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /uɑ³¹/
Hefei /ua²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /va¹¹/
Pingyao /uɑ¹³/
Hohhot /va³¹/
Wu Shanghai /o⁵³/
Suzhou /o⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔuɑ³³/
Wenzhou /o³³/
Hui Shexian /ua³¹/
Tunxi /ua¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ua³³/
Xiangtan /uɒ³³/
Gan Nanchang /uɑ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /va⁴⁴/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /wa⁵⁵/
Nanning /wa⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /wa⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ua⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ua⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ua⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ua³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ua²³/
Rime
Character 蛙 蛙
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 佳 (32) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 烏媧切 烏瓜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠuɛ/ /ʔˠua/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷᵚæ/ /ʔʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔuæi/ /ʔua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔwaɨj/ /ʔwaɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ʔuɛ/ /ʔua/
Wang
Li		 /wai/ /wa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔwai/ /ʔwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wā wā
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蛙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wā
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔwɛ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʷˤre/
English frog

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛙 蛙
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4552 4567
Phonetic
component		 圭 圭
Rime
group		 魚 支
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 窊 蛙
Old
Chinese		 /*qʷraː/ /*qʷreː/
Notes 見漢書即說文鼃 見漢書即說文鼃

Definitions

蛙

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Compounds

  • 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā)
  • 井蛙
  • 井蛙之見／井蛙之见
  • 井蛙語海／井蛙语海
  • 井蛙醯雞／井蛙醯鸡
  • 坎井之蛙
  • 怒蛙
  • 樹蛙／树蛙
  • 沉灶產蛙／沉灶产蛙
  • 牛蛙 (niúwā)
  • 紫色蛙聲／紫色蛙声
  • 蛙人
  • 蛙人操
  • 蛙式
  • 蛙泳 (wāyǒng)
  • 蛙鏡／蛙镜
  • 蛙鳴／蛙鸣
  • 蛙鼓蟲吟／蛙鼓虫吟
  • 赤蛙
  • 金線蛙／金线蛙
  • 雨蛙
  • 青蛙 (qīngwā)
  • 青蛙肢
  • 鼓吹鳴蛙／鼓吹鸣蛙

Japanese

Kanji

蛙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蛙
かえる
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

/kaheru/: [kaperu] → [kaɸeru] → [kaweru] → [kaeru]. The loss of the medial -w- is due to the following -e as Japanese ceased to distinguish between /e, we/.

Pronunciation

Noun

蛙 ‎(hiragana かえる, romaji kaeru, historical hiragana かへる)

  1. frog

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蛙
かわず
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

/kahazu/: [kapazu] → [kaɸazu] → [kawazu].

Pronunciation

Noun

蛙 ‎(hiragana かわず, romaji kawazu, historical hiragana かはづ)

  1. frog
Derived terms
Compounds
  • 青蛙 (あおがえる) ‎(aogaeru)
  • 赤蛙 (あかがえる) ‎(akagaeru)
  • 蛙黽 (あぼう) ‎(abō)
  • 雨蛙 (あまがえる) ‎(amagaeru)
  • 蛙泳 (かえるおよ)ぎ ‎(kaeruoyogi)
  • 蛙跳 (かえるとび) ‎(kaerutobi)
  • 蛙跳 (かえると)び ‎(kaerutobi)
  • 蛙股 (かえるまた) ‎(kaerumata)
  • 蛙又 (かえるまた) ‎(kaerumata)
  • 角蛙 (つのがえる) ‎(tsunogaeru)
  • 殿様蛙 (とのさまがえる) ‎(tonosamagaeru)
  • 蟇蛙 (ひきがえる) ‎(hikigaeru)

Korean

Hanja

蛙 • ‎(wa, wae) (hangeul 와, 왜, revised wa, wae, McCune-Reischauer wa, wae, Yale wa, way)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛙 (oa)

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  1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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