蚵

蚵	U+86B5, 蚵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86B5

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Translingual

Han character

蚵 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一弓口 (LIMNR), four-corner 5112₀, composition ⿰虫可)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32924
Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 4
Unihan data for U+86B5

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	kaːl, ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	kaːlʔ, kaːnʔ
軻	kʰaːl, kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	kʰaːlʔ, kʰaːls
蚵	kʰaːls, ɡaːl
呵	qʰaːl, qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	qʰaːls, ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	ɡaːl, ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	qaːl, qaːlʔ
疴	qaːl, kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	qaːl, qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		蚵
alternative forms		蠔／蚝

Cognate with 蠔／蚝 (“oyster”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kè, é (ke⁴, e²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ, ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ò
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ô

(Teochew, Peng'im): o⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kè
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
  - Yale: kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: é
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: é
  - Wade–Giles: o²
  - Yale: é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ho⁴
  - Yale: hòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ò
  - Hakka Romanization System: o^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: o²
  - Sinological IPA: /o¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô
  - Tâi-lô: ô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /o²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /o²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /o¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /o²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: o⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁵⁵/

Definitions

蚵

(Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka, Taiwanese Mandarin) oyster (Classifier: 敉 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牡蠣 (“oyster”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣
Taxonomic name		牡蠣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵
	Malaysia	蠔
	Singapore	蠔
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	海蠣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Nanning (Wuming)	蠔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠔
	Hong Kong	蠔, 生蠔
	Dongguan	蠔
	Yangjiang	蠔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠔
Hakka	Meixian	蠔
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	生蠔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蚵仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蚵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蚵仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蚵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠣黃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠣
	Lianjiang	八蠣
	Fuqing	蠣
	Matsu	蠣
	Singapore (Fuqing)	蠣
Southern Min	Xiamen	蚵仔, 蚵
	Quanzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蚵仔
	Zhao'an	蚵仔
	Taipei	蚵仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蚵
	Kaohsiung	蚵仔
	Yilan	蚵仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	蚵仔
	Taichung	蚵仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蚵
	Tainan	蚵仔
	Taitung	蚵仔
	Hsinchu	蚵仔
	Kinmen	蚵
	Penghu (Magong)	蚵
	Penang (Hokkien)	蚵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蚵
	Manila (Hokkien)	蚵仔
	Chaozhou	蠔
	Shantou	蠔, 水生
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蠔
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	蠔仔
	Jieyang	蠔, 水生, 水魚
	Haifeng	蠔
	Singapore (Teochew)	蠔
	Leizhou	蠔
	Wenchang	蠔
Puxian Min	Putian	蚮
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蠔
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蚮
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蚮
	Xianyou	蚮, 蠔
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蠔
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蚮
Wu	Ningbo	蠣黃
Wu	Wenzhou	蠣膏

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		蚵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kè, kē (ke⁴, ke¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ, ㄎㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kè
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
  - Yale: kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ke
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
  - Yale: kē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: khaH

Rime
Character	蚵
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	口箇切
Baxter	khaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰa^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑ^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚵
Reading #	1/2
No.	7452
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	坷
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːls/
Notes	引爾雅，今本作何

Definitions

蚵

Only used in 屎蚵蜋.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		蚵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kè
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
  - Yale: kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ho⁴
  - Yale: hòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹/

Middle Chinese: khaH

Rime
Character	蚵
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	口箇切
Baxter	khaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰa^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑ^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚵
Reading #	1/2
No.	7452
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	坷
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːls/
Notes	引爾雅，今本作何

Definitions

蚵

Only used in 螪蚵.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		蚵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hé (he²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): o⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hé
  - Wade–Giles: ho²
  - Yale: hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ho⁴
  - Yale: hòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: o⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: ha

Rime
Character	蚵
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡歌切
Baxter	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚵
Reading #	2/2
No.	7461
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	何
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːl/

Definitions

蚵

Only used in 蚵蚾 and 蚵蠪／蚵𰲴.

References

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Japanese

Kanji

蚵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): か (ka)、が (ga)

蚵

Translingual

Han character

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Etymology 2

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