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See also:
U+9F09, 鼉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F09

[U+9F08]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9F0A]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 205, +12, 25 strokes, cangjie input 口口田一山 (RRWMU), four-corner 66717, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1525, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48306
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2060, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4771, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9F09

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𪛄

𪓽
𪓸

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *daːl): phonetic (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans) + semantic (toad)

Etymology[edit]

Löffler (1966) tentatively relates this to Mru tam (alligator) yet the finals do not agree.

Also reminiscent of Santali [script needed] (tajan, broad-headed alligator) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/da/
Li
Rong
/dɑ/
Wang
Li
/dɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tuó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
to4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tuó
Middle
Chinese
‹ da ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]ˁar/
English alligator

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 1988
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daːl/

Definitions[edit]

  1. Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alligator
  2. Formerly could also mean Shark

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(ta) (hangeul , revised ta, McCune–Reischauer t'a, Yale tha)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: đà

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