蚤
Appearance
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Translingual
[edit]Han character
[edit]蚤 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水戈中一戈 (EILMI), four-corner 17136, composition ⿱㕚虫(TJKV) or ⿱叉虫(G))
Derived characters
[edit]References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1078, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32893
- Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2836, character 3
- Unihan data for U+86A4
Chinese
[edit]| trad. | 蚤 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 蚤 | |
Glyph origin
[edit]| Historical forms of the character 蚤 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 虫 (“insect”) + 㕚 (“claw”) – a scratching insect/pest.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zao3
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zǎo
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): zau3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): zau2
- Northern Min (KCR): cǎu / cě
- Eastern Min (BUC): cō̤ / cāu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zao3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zau3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo
- Wade–Giles: tsao3
- Yale: dzǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
- Palladius: цзао (czao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: zao3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zao
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sau⁵³/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: zǎo
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔ¹¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zou2
- Yale: jóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2
- Guangdong Romanization: zou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: zou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔu³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: zau3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sau²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cháu
- Hakka Romanization System: zauˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zau3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sau̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: zauˊ
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sau²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: zau2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sau⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǎu / cě
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sau²¹/, /t͡se²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cō̤ / cāu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡so³³/, /t͡sau³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zao3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: câu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sau⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sau³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading)
- (Northern: Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haiyan, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
- Wugniu: 3tsau
- MiniDict: tsau上
- Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sɔ⁴²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sæ⁵¹/
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡saɯ⁴⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sɔ⁴³³/
- Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /t͡sɔ³⁴³/
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sɒ³³⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sɔ³²⁵/
- (Jinhua)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: zau3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɒu̯⁴¹/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: tsawX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤuʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːʔ/
Definitions
[edit]蚤
- flea
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 早
Synonyms
[edit]Compounds
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji
[edit]蚤
Readings
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
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| 蚤 |
| のみ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |

Possibly derived from 飲み (nomi), the nominalized 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink”), from the way that fleas drink the host's blood.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- flea (parasitic insect)
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ノミ (nomi).
Derived terms
[edit]- 蚤の市 (nomi no ichi): a flea market
- 蚤の衾 (nomi no fusuma)
Idioms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “▲蚤”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
Korean
[edit]Hanja
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Okinawan
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Kanji
[edit]蚤
Readings
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
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| 蚤 |
| ぬみ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Cognate with Japanese 蚤 (nomi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]蚤 (numi)
Vietnamese
[edit]Han character
[edit]蚤: Hán Việt readings: tảo[1][2], tão[3]
蚤: Nôm readings: tao[1][2][3][4][5][6][7], tau[1][2][3][4][5]
- chữ Nôm form of tao (“(impolite, familiar) I/me”)
- chữ Nôm form of tau (“North Central Vietnam form of tao (“I/me”)”)
References
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