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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		蛙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā, jué (wa¹, jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ, ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): koai / oa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: wa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chüeh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koai / oa
    • Tâi-lô: kuai / ua
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuai⁴⁴/, /ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai³⁴/, /ua³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (蛙, reconstructed)
Character (蛙), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 佳 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 烏媧切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɣuɛ/	/ʔwai/	/ʔuɛ/	/ʔʷɯæ/	/ʔwaɨj/	/wai/	/ʔuæi/
Character (蛙), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 烏瓜切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɣua/	/ʔwa/	/ʔua/	/ʔʷɯa/	/ʔwaɨ/	/wa/	/ʔua/

Old Chinese pronunciation (蛙, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
蛙								wā								‹ ʔwɛ ›								/*qʷˤre/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
蛙					4552					圭					魚					0					窊					/*qʷraː/					見漢書即說文鼃
蛙					4567					圭					支					0					蛙					/*qʷreː/					見漢書即說文鼃

Derived terms

• 青蛙 (qīng wā) frog

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Japanese

Kanji

蛙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Etymology 1

/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/.

Noun

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

1. frog

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. frog

Derived terms

• 井の中の蛙大海を知らず

Readings

• Goon: え (e)
• Kan’on: わ (wa), わい (wai)
• Kan’yōon: あ (a)
• Kun: かえる (kaeru)

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)
• 蛙泳ぎ (かえるおよぎ, kaeruoyogi)
• 蛙跳 (かえるとび, kaerutobi)
• 蛙跳び (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)

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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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