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Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹木十 (LIHDJ), four-corner 54100)

  1. tadpole

References

  • KangXi: page 1088, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33248
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2870, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+874C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰoːl, *kʰoːls
*kʰoːl
*kʰoːl
*kʰoːl
*ɡoːl
*ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
*ɡoːl
*ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
*ɡoːl
*ɡoːl
*ɡoːls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwa/
Li
Rong
/kʰuɑ/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuō
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4928
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰoːl/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 蝌子
  • 蝌蚪文

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gwa) (hangeul , revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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