蛙

蛙 U+86D9, 蛙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86D9 ← 蛘 [U+86D8] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛚 → [U+86DA]

Translingual

Han character

蛙(radical 142 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土土 (LIGG), four-corner 5411₄, composition ⿰虫圭)

References

• KangXi: page 1081, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32997
• Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2847, character 3
• Unihan data for U+86D9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛙
alt. forms		鼃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷraː, *qʷreː): semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vâ
• Min Nan (POJ): oa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: wa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: va´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: va¹
    • IPA: /va²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
    • Tâi-lô: ua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 蛙
Mandarin	Beijing	/ua⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ua²⁴/
	Tianjin	/vɑ²¹/
	Jinan	/va⁴²/
	Qingdao	/va²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ua²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ua²¹/
	Xining	/ua⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/va⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/va⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/va⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ua⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ua⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ua⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ua̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/uɑ³¹/
	Hefei	/ua²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/va¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uɑ¹³/
	Hohhot	/va³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/o⁵³/
	Suzhou	/o⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuɑ³³/
	Wenzhou	/o³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ua³¹/
	Tunxi	/ua¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ua³³/
	Xiangtan	/uɒ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɑ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/va⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wa⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/wa⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wa⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ua⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ua⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ua⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ua³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ua²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠuɛ/, /ʔˠua/▼

Rime
Character	蛙	蛙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	烏媧切	烏瓜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠuɛ/	/ʔˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚæ/	/ʔʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuæi/	/ʔua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨj/	/ʔwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔuɛ/	/ʔua/
Wang Li	/wai/	/wa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwai/	/ʔwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wā	wā

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*qʷˤre/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷraː/, /*qʷreː/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wā
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwɛ ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷˤre/
English	frog
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	蛙	蛙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4552	4567
Phonetic component	圭	圭
Rime group	魚	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	窊	蛙
Old Chinese	/*qʷraː/	/*qʷreː/
Notes	見漢書即說文鼃	見漢書即說文鼃

Definitions

蛙

1. frog

Compounds

• 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā)
• 井蛙
• 井蛙之見／井蛙之见
• 井蛙語海／井蛙语海
• 井蛙醯雞／井蛙醯鸡
• 坎井之蛙
• 怒蛙
• 樹蛙／树蛙

• 沉灶產蛙／沉灶产蛙
• 牛蛙 (niúwā)
• 紫色蛙聲／紫色蛙声
• 蛙人
• 蛙人操
• 蛙式 (wāshì)
• 蛙泳 (wāyǒng)
• 蛙鏡／蛙镜

• 蛙鳴／蛙鸣
• 蛙鼓蟲吟／蛙鼓虫吟
• 赤蛙
• 金線蛙／金线蛙
• 雨蛙
• 青蛙 (qīngwā)
• 青蛙肢
• 鼓吹鳴蛙／鼓吹鸣蛙

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Japanese

Kanji

蛙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan’on: わ (wa); わい (wai)
• Kan’yōon: あ (a)
• Kun: かえる (kaeru, 蛙)^{←かへる (kaferu, 蛙, historical)}; かわず (kawazu, 蛙)^{←かはづ (kafadu, 蛙, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蛙
かえる Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

/kaheru/: [kaperu] → [kaɸeru] → [kaweru] → [kaeru]. The loss of the medial -w- is due to the following -e as Japanese ceased to distinguish between /e, we/.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かえる [kàérú] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蛙 (hiragana かえる, rōmaji kaeru, historical hiragana かへる)

1. frog

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蛙
かわず Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

/kahazu/: [kapazu] → [kaɸazu] → [kawazu].

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かわず [kàwázú] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠zɨᵝ]

Noun

蛙 (hiragana かわず, rōmaji kawazu, historical hiragana かはづ)

1. frog

Derived terms

• 井 (い)の中 (なか)の蛙大海 (かわずたいかい)を知 (し)らず (i no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu)

Compounds

• 青蛙 (あおがえる) (aogaeru)
• 赤蛙 (あかがえる) (akagaeru)
• 蛙黽 (あぼう) (abō)
• 雨蛙 (あまがえる) (amagaeru)
• 蛙泳 (かえるおよ)ぎ (kaeruoyogi)
• 蛙跳 (かえるとび) (kaerutobi)
• 蛙跳 (かえると)び (kaerutobi)
• 蛙股 (かえるまた) (kaerumata)
• 蛙又 (かえるまた) (kaerumata)
• 角蛙 (つのがえる) (tsunogaeru)
• 殿様蛙 (とのさまがえる) (tonosamagaeru)
• 蟇蛙 (ひきがえる) (hikigaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

蛙 • (wa, wae) (hangeul 와, 왜, revised wa, wae, McCune-Reischauer wa, wae, Yale wa, way)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛙 (oa)

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