螯

螯 U+87AF, 螯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AF ← 螮 [U+87AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 螰 → [U+87B0]

Translingual

Han character

螯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI) or 手大中一戈 (QKLMI) or 難土大中一 (XGKLM), four-corner 4813₆, composition ⿱敖虫)

1. nippers, pincers, claws (of crustaceans)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 53
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33496
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 7
• Unihan data for U+87AF

Chinese

trad.		螯
simp. #		螯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
熬	*ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	*ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːw): phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 虫 (“insect”) – part of an insect, its pincers.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ / gong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴ / gong⁶
    • Yale: ngòuh / gohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ / gong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ / gong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/, /kɔːŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaw

Rime
Character	螯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五勞切
Baxter	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螯
Reading #	1/1
No.	41
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

螯

1. pincer; chela; nipper; claw

   Synonym: 鉗 / 钳 (qián)

   • 蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴無可寄託者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴无可寄托者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shé shàn zhī xué wú kě jìtuō zhě, yòngxīn zào yě. [Pinyin]

     The crab has six feet and two pincers, yet without the dens of snakes and eels, it has no place to take shelter. This is because its mind is impatient.

Compounds

• 大螯蝦 / 大螯虾 (dà'áoxiā)
• 持螯
• 甘氏巨螯蟹 (gānshìjù'áoxiè)
• 畢卓持螯 / 毕卓持螯
• 蟹螯 (xiè'áo)
• 車螯 / 车螯

Japanese

Kanji

螯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. claws

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kun: はさみ (hasami, 螯)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
螯
はさみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 螯 – see the following entry.

【鋏はさみ】H [noun] a (pair of) scissors [noun] 螯, ハサミ: (zootomy) pincers, claws, or chela as found on a crab, lobster, or other arthropod [noun] a punch as used to make a hole in a piece of paper Alternative spellings ハサミ, 剪刀, 鉗

(This term, 螯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Vietnamese

Han character

螯: Hán Nôm readings: ngao

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