蚝

See also 蠔

Translingual

Han character

蚝 (radical 142 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹手山 (LIHQU), four-corner 5211₅)

1. hairy and poisonous caterpillars
2. (simplified character of 蠔) oyster

References

• KangXi: page 1078, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32883
• Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2838, character 17
• Unihan data for U+869D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蚝 (Yale hou4)

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Korean

Hanja

蚝 (hangeul 자, revised ja)

1. (쐐기) hairy and poisonous caterpillar

Synonyms

蚝 (자, ja) 蛅 (점, jeom) 蟖 (사, sa)

蛅蟖 (점사, jeomsa)

Compounds

• 蛅蟖 (점사, jeomsa)

Related terms

• 毛蟲 (모충, mochung) caterpillar
• 幼蟲 (유충, yuchung) larva

See also

• 蛾 (아, a) moth
• 毛 (모, mo) hair, wool, fur, feather, fuzz

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蚝 (pinyin cì (ci4), Wade-Giles tz'u⁴)