蠔

See also: 蚝

Translingual

Han character

蠔 (radical 142 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜口人 (LIYRO), four-corner 5013₂)

References

• KangXi: page 1100, character 49
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2900, character 21
• Unihan data for U+8814

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Chinese

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trad.		蠔
simp.		蚝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): hò̤
• Min Nan (POJ): ô
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hhau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤
    • IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô
    • Tâi-lô: ô
    • IPA (Taipei): /ə²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ə¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hhau (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦɔ²³/

Definitions

蠔

1. oyster

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 牡蠣／牡蛎
• (Cantonese) 生蠔／生蚝
• (Min Dong) 蠣／蛎
• (Min Nan) 蚵
• (Wu) 蠣黃／蛎黄

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Japanese

Kanji

蠔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ごう (gō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: かき (kaki)

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Korean

Hanja

蠔 (ho) (hangeul 호, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Compounds

• 蠔殼 (호각)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠔 (hào, hàu, hầu)

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