鰐
Translingual
Han character
鰐 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火口口尸 (NFRRS), composition ⿰魚咢)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46337
- Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4701, character 18
- Unihan data for U+9C10
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 鰐 – see 鱷 (“crocodilian; crocodile; alligator”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 鱷). |
Japanese
鰐 | |
鱷 |
Kanji
(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鱷)
Readings
Compounds
- 鰐魚 (gakugyo): crocodilian; large, dangerous fish
- 鰐淵寺 (gakuenji): a Tiantai Buddhist temple in Shimane Prefecture
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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鰐 |
わに Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese. Derivation uncertain. Appears in the Kojiki in ambiguous reference to a kind of sea creature (possibly sharks[1] or crocodiles). The sense of crocodile clearly appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō dictionary (938) with an explanation of “having four legs like a turtle and a three-foot mouth with sharp teeth.”
Various theories exist regarding the term's origin, such as an alteration of 鬼 (oni, “demon, devil”), or an abbreviation of 海主 (watanushi, “sea master, sea god”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- crocodilian (crocodile, alligator, gavial)
- 1999 October 17, “:Template:laja [Crocodilus]”, in Booster 5, Konami:
- 知恵を持ちさらに狂暴化したワニ。かたいうろこで攻撃をはじく。
- Chie o mochi sara ni kyōbōka shita wani. Katai uroko de kōgeki o hajiku.
- A frenzied crocodilian who’s actually quite intelligent. He repels attacks with his hard scales.
- 知恵を持ちさらに狂暴化したワニ。かたいうろこで攻撃をはじく。
- (obsolete) a shark or other large and dangerous fish
- 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō, volume 9, page 2:
- 鰐 五各反 和尓
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ワニ.
Derived terms
- 鰐の口 (wani no kuchi): "the alligator's mouth" → an extremely dangerous place or situation
- 鰐口 (waniguchi): a crocodile's or alligator's mouth; a terrible rumor; someone with a physically large mouth; a wide bronze bell rung with a rope and hung at shrines; part of a Japanese saddle; (slang) the female genitalia; (slang) a coin purse
- 鰐口草 (waniguchisō): a perennial plant in the lily family, possibly related to Polygonatum
- 鰐鮫 (wanizame): an alligator or crocodile; a shark or other large dangerous fish
- 鰐千鳥 (wanichidori): the crocodile bird or Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius
- 鰐足 (waniashi): knock knees, bowlegs
- 鰐皮 (wanigawa): crocodile or alligator skin or hide
- 鰐鱶 (wanibuka): an alligator or crocodile; a shark or other large dangerous fish
- 白鰐 (shirowani): a sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus
- 大鰐鮫 (ōwanizame): a smalltooth sand tiger, Odontaspis ferox
- 水鰐 (mizuwani): a crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
Idioms
References
- Shōjū with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (898–901) Shinsen Jikyō (Zōteiban) (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 15 December 1967, →ISBN.
Korean
Hanja
鰐 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)
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See also
- 鯢 (예, ye) salamander
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