蝲蛄
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蝲蛄) |
蝲 | 蛄 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Jin (Wiktionary): lah4 gu1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: làgǔ
- Wade–Giles: la4-ku3
- Yale: là-gǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahguu
- Palladius: лагу (lagu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lä⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: làgu
- Wade–Giles: la4-ku1
- Yale: là-gū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahgu
- Palladius: лагу (lagu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: lah4 gu1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /laʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ku¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
Noun
蝲蛄
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 螻蛄 (“mole cricket”)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蝲 | 蛄 |
| Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
| irregular | |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From 砂利 (zari, “gravel”) + 蟹 (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
Noun
- a crayfish (freshwater crustacean resembling lobster)