蝌蚪
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蝌蚪) |
蝌 | 蚪 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 科斗 | ||
| alternative forms | 科斗 archaic 蝌斗 | ||
Etymology
[edit]Suerly related to 蛞𧓕 (“tadpole”)
Possibly related to 櫜韜/櫜韬 (“shell of lotus nuts and gorgon nuts”), 胍𦘴 (“having a big belly”), 骨朵 (gūduo, “bud; mace”), and 疙瘩 (gēda, “lump, bump, knot, tuber”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fo1 dau2
- Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏ-dēu
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kuê1 dao2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kēdǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄉㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kedǒu
- Wade–Giles: kʻo1-tou3
- Yale: kē-dǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kedoou
- Palladius: кэдоу (kɛdou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fo1 dau2
- Yale: fō dáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: fo1 dau2
- Guangdong Romanization: fo1 deo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔː⁵⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏ-dēu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰuo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (t-)lɛu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: kuê1 dao2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khue táu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰue³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/
- (Teochew)
- Middle Chinese: khwa tuwX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːl toːʔ/
Noun
[edit]蝌蚪
- tadpole (toad or frog larva) (Classifier: 隻/只 m)
- 還虷蟹與科斗,莫吾能若也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Xuán hán xiè yǔ kēdǒu, mò wú néng ruò yě. [Pinyin]
- Then turning round, I see that of the water-worms, crabs, and tadpoles there is not one that can do like me.
还虷蟹与科斗,莫吾能若也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (figurative) musical note
Synonyms
[edit]- (tadpole):
Dialectal synonyms of 蝌蚪 (“tadpole”) [map]
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蝌 | 蚪 |
| か Hyōgai |
と Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 蝌蚪 (MC khwa tuwX).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Homophones: 火斗, 河図, 家兎, 過渡
Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- “〈▲蝌▲蚪〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Vietnamese
[edit]Noun
[edit]蝌蚪
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