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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic  + semantic  (insect) – part of an insect, its pincers.

Han character [edit]

(radical 142 +11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI), 手大中一戈 (QKLMI), X土大中一 (XGKLM), four-corner 48136)

  1. nippers, pincers, claws (of crustaceans)

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1094, character 53
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2875, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+87AF

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale ngou4)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ ngâu, Guangdong ngau2, Hagfa Pinyim ngau2)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin áo (ao2), Wade-Giles ao2)

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin áo)

  1. pincer; nipper; claw

Derived terms [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(ngao)