蚤
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Translingual
Han character
蚤 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水戈中一戈 (EILMI), four-corner 17136, composition ⿱㕚虫(TJKV) or ⿱叉虫(G))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1078, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32893
- Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2836, character 3
- Unihan data for U+86A4
Chinese
| trad. | 蚤 | |
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| simp. # | 蚤 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蚤 | ||
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| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 虫 (“insect”) + 㕚 (“claw”) – a scratching insect/pest.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo
- Wade–Giles: tsao3
- Yale: dzǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
- Palladius: цзао (czao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zou2
- Yale: jóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2
- Guangdong Romanization: zou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: tsawX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤuʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːʔ/
Definitions
蚤
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 跳蚤 (“flea”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蚤
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 蚤 |
| のみ Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蚤 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 蚤, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
蚤 (eum 조 (jo))
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Okinawan
Kanji
蚤
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 蚤 |
| ぬみ Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi |
Cognate with Japanese 蚤 (nomi).
Pronunciation
Noun
蚤 (numi)
Vietnamese
Han character
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