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Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田女火 (LIWVF), four-corner 56193, composition)

  1. spiral shell
  2. conch
  3. spiral

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*roːl, *roːls
*roːl
*roːl
*roːl, *rul
*roːl, *rul
*roːlʔ
*ruːl, *ruːls
*ruːl
*ruːl, *ruːls
*ruːl, *ruːls
*ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
*ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
*ruːl, *rul, *ruls
*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
*ruːl
*ruːl
*ruːl, *rulʔ
*ruːl
*ruːlʔ
*ruːlʔ
*ruːlʔ
*ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
*ruːls, *rul
*rolʔ, *rul
*rul, *rulʔ
*rul
*rul, *ruls
*rul
*rul
*rulʔ
*rulʔ
*rulʔ
*rulʔ
*rulʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/luɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwa/
Li
Rong
/luɑ/
Wang
Li
/luɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luó
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
luó
Middle
Chinese
‹ lwa ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.rˤoj/
English spiral, snail

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7701
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
𩼊
Old
Chinese
/*roːl/
Notes

Definitions

  1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, )

Compounds

  • 吃螺絲吃螺丝
  • 吹法螺
  • 大吹法螺
  • 大法螺
  • 天狗螺
  • 峨螺
  • 指螺
  • 旋螺
  • 木螺釘木螺钉
  • 法螺 (fǎluó)
  • 泡螺
  • 海螺 (hǎiluó)
  • 玉螺
  • 田螺 (tiánluó)
  • 碧螺春
  • 竹陀螺
  • 筍螺笋螺
  • 紅螺红螺
  • 蝸螺蜗螺
  • 螺子黛
  • 螺帽 (luómào)
  • 螺旋 (luóxuán)
  • 螺旋槳螺旋桨 (luóxuánjiǎng)
  • 螺旋狀螺旋状
  • 螺旋菌
  • 螺旋體螺旋体
  • 螺杯
  • 螺栓 (luóshuān)
  • 螺槳螺桨
  • 螺槳船螺桨船
  • 螺模
  • 螺母 (luómǔ)
  • 螺溪石硯螺溪石砚
  • 螺溪硯螺溪砚
  • 螺烷
  • 螺紋螺纹
  • 螺紋鑽螺纹钻
  • 螺絲螺丝 (luósī)
  • 螺絲刀螺丝刀 (luósīdāo)
  • 螺絲帽螺丝帽
  • 螺絲扣螺丝扣
  • 螺絲攻螺丝攻
  • 螺絲模螺丝模
  • 螺絲母螺丝母
  • 螺絲起子螺丝起子

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. spiral-shaped shellfish

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (lwa, conch; spiral).

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana , romaji ra)

  1. any shellfish with a spiral shell
Usage notes

In compounds, may lend meanings of either shell or spiral.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
つび
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Cognate with (tsubu, grain; granule, little roundish bit of something).[2] May have originally been the standalone form; compare (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and (kami, standalone form).

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana つび, romaji tsubi)

  1. (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
  2. (obsolete) alternate name for (hamaguri, clam)

Etymology 3

(tsubu, tsubi, tsumi): a variety of whelks for sale.
Kanji in this term
つぶ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Cognate with (tsubu, grain; granule, little roundish bit of something).[2] May have originally been the combining form; compare (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and (kami, standalone form).

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana つぶ, romaji tsubu)

  1. spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
  2. edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae
  3. alternate name for 田螺 (tanishi): river snails of family Viviparidae
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
つみ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

/t͡subi//t͡sumi/

Shift in pronunciation from tsubi above.

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana つみ, romaji tsumi)

  1. (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
にし
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Previously referred to any shellfish with a spiral shell (see ra above). Now refers more specifically to certain spiral shellfish. More common in compounds.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 辛螺

Noun

(hiragana にし, romaji nishi)

  1. (rare) certain shellfish with a spiral shell
Derived terms
Synonyms

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
にな
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

Less common spelling in modern Japanese. When written in kanji, more commonly spelled .

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • , 蝸螺, 河貝子

Noun

(hiragana にな, romaji nina)

  1. shellfish with a spiral shell
  2. Abbreviation of 川蜷. (kawanina): Semisulcospira libertina, a kind of freshwater snail
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja

(ra>na, re>ne) (hangeul >, >, revised ra>na, re>ne, McCune-Reischauer ra>na, re>ne, Yale la>na, ley>ney)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(loa, loe)

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