蠃
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Translingual
Han character
蠃 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓中一戈 (YNLMI), four-corner 00217, composition ⿱吂⿲月虫凡)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33685
- Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2122, character 17
- Unihan data for U+8803
Chinese
| trad. | 蠃 | |
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| simp. # | 蠃 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蠃 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luǒ
- Wade–Giles: lo3
- Yale: lwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoo
- Palladius: ло (lo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lo2 / lo5
- Yale: ló / lóh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lo2 / lo5
- Guangdong Romanization: lo2 / lo5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔː³⁵/, /lɔː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: lwaX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*rˤorʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*roːlʔ/
Definitions
蠃
- Only used in 蜾蠃 (guǒluǒ).
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luó
- Wade–Giles: lo2
- Yale: lwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
- Palladius: ло (lo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lo4
- Yale: lòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lo4
- Guangdong Romanization: lo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: lwa
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*roːl/
Definitions
蠃
- † Alternative form of 螺 (luó)
- 只聽得西門上吹蠃殼聲 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
- zhǐ tīng dé xīmén shàng chuī luó ké shēng
- The only thing that could be heard was the sound of someone blowing a conch shell from the top of the city's western gate.
只听得西门上吹蠃壳声 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Japanese
Kanji
蠃
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蠃 • (ra>na) (hangeul 라>나, McCune–Reischauer ra>na, Yale la>na)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蠃: Hán Nôm readings: lòa/loà, lỏa/loả
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