蝲蛄

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (蝲蛄)		蝲	蛄

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 蝲蝲蛄?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làgǔ, làgū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ

• Jin (Wiktionary): lah⁴ gu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-ku³
    • Yale: là-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahguu
    • Palladius: лагу (lagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làgū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làgu
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-ku¹
    • Yale: là-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahgu
    • Palladius: лагу (lagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lah⁴ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /laʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ku¹¹/

Noun

蝲蛄

1. crayfish
2. (Jin) mole cricket

Synonyms

• (crayfish): 小龍蝦／小龙虾 (xiǎolóngxiā)

Dialectal synonyms of 螻蛄 (“mole cricket”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		螻蛄, 𧕱, 螻螲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		螻蛄
Mandarin	Beijing	蝲蝲蛄
	Taiwan	螻蛄, 土狗
	Harbin	蝲蝲蛄
	Yantai (Muping)	螻蛄, 海陸空 humorous
	Jinan	螻蛄
	Wanrong	螻蛄
	Yinchuan	土狗子
	Lanzhou	土狗子
	Xining	地狗子
	Ürümqi	蝲蝲蛄
	Wuhan	土狗子
	Chengdu	土狗兒, 土狗, 土狗子
	Guiyang	土狗崽, 土狗
	Liuzhou	土狗
	Xuzhou	螻蛄
	Yangzhou	土狗子
	Nanjing	土狗子
	Nantong	土狗兒, 土狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	土狗
	Hong Kong	土狗
	Dongguan	草狗
Gan	Nanchang	土狗子
	Lichuan	土狗
	Pingxiang	土狗子
Hakka	Meixian	土狗仔
	Xingning	土狗哩
	Huidong (Daling)	土八仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	土猴子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	土狗
	Changting	土猴哩, 土狗
	Wuping	土狗子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	土狗子
	Liancheng	土狗
	Ninghua	土狗子
	Yudu	土狗子
	Ruijin	兔狗子
	Shicheng	土狗子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	土狗子
Jin	Taiyuan	蝲蛄
	Pingyao	蝲蛄
	Xinzhou	蝲蛄
Northern Min	Jian'ou	沙猴仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塗犬
	Fuqing	塗犬, 地鹿
Southern Min	Xiamen	杜猴
	Quanzhou	塗猴
	Yongchun	塗猴
	Zhangzhou	杜猴
	Chaozhou	杜猴
	Jieyang	杜猴
	Leizhou	𫋐猴
Wu	Shanghai	螻蛄, 油葫蘆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	螻蛄
	Suzhou	螻蛄
	Danyang	地鱉狗子, 土狗 suburbs
	Hangzhou	地狗兒
	Ningbo	地狗, 游蛄
	Wenzhou	土狗
	Jinhua	土狗, 水狗兒
Xiang	Changsha	土狗子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝲	蛄
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Alternative forms

• 蜊蛄
• 躄蟹

Etymology

From 砂利(ざり) (zari, “gravel”) + 蟹(かに) (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ざりがに [zàrígání] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ɾʲiɡa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

蝲蛄(ざりがに) or 蝲蛄(ザリガニ) • (zarigani) 

1. a crayfish (freshwater crustacean resembling lobster)

See also

• 蟹(カニ) (kani)