蝸

See also: 蜗

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 咼

Han character

蝸 (radical 142 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月月口 (LIBBR), four-corner 5712₇)

1. a snail, Eulota callizoma

References

• KangXi: page 1091, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33338
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2862, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8778

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蝸 (simplified 蜗, Jyutping waa1, wo1, Yale wa1, wo1)

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Japanese

Kanji

蝸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: か (ka)
• On (unclassified): ら (ra)
• Kun: かたつむり (katatsumuri)

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Korean

Hanja

蝸 (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa, Yale wa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蝸 (simplified 蜗, Pinyin guā (gua1), Wade-Giles kua¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝸 (oa)

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