蛙

Translingual

Han character

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

1. frog

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

蛙 (Yale wa1)

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Japanese

Kanji

蛙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Etymology 1

/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/.

Noun

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

1. frog

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. frog

Derived terms

• 井の中の蛙大海を知らず

Readings

• On: あ (a), わ (wa)
• Kun: かえる (kaeru)

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)
• 蛙泳ぎ (かえるおよぎ, kaeruoyogi)
• 蛙跳 (かえるとび, kaerutobi)
• 蛙跳び (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 (hangeul 와, 왜 (wa, wae), revised wa, wae, McCune-Reischauer wa, wae, Yale wa, way)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蛙 (Pinyin jué (jue2), wā (wa1), Wade-Giles chüeh², wa¹)

Derived terms

• 青蛙 (qīng wā) frog

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Middle Chinese

Han character

蛙 (qua)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛙 (oa)