蛞

Translingual

Han character

蛞 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹十口 (LIHJR), four-corner 5216₄, composition ⿰虫舌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33008
• Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2849, character 13
• Unihan data for U+86DE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoːd) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuò (kuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
    • Palladius: ко (ko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fut³
    • Yale: fut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: khwat

Rime
Character	蛞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦栝切
Baxter	khwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛞
Reading #	1/1
No.	7581
Phonetic component	桰
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蛞

1. Used in compounds.

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Japanese

Kanji

蛞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: かち (kachi)
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蛞蝓(なめくじ) (namekuji): slug

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Korean

Hanja

蛞 • (hwal) (hangeul 활, revised hwal, McCune–Reischauer hwal, Yale hwal)

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Compounds

• 활유 (蛞蝓, hwaryu, “slug”)