蚧

蚧 U+86A7, 蚧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86A7 ← 蚦 [U+86A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚨 → [U+86A8]

Translingual

Han character

蚧 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人中中 (LIOLL), four-corner 5812₀, composition ⿰虫介)

1. a red spotted lizard, used as medicine

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1078, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32899
• Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2839, character 5
• Unihan data for U+86A7

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		蚧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiè (jie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴
    • Yale: jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³
    • Yale: gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³/

Definitions

蚧

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Compounds

• 蛤蚧 (géjiè)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蚧 – see 蟹 (“crab; to decrease in value, such that selling it will result in loss”). (This character is a variant form of 蟹).

Japanese

Kanji

蚧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a red spotted lizard, used as medicine

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)

Vietnamese

Han character

蚧 (giới, nhái)