蛸
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蛸(tako)
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Translingual
Han character
蛸 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火月 (LIFB), four-corner 59127, composition ⿰虫肖)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33072
- Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2855, character 3
- Unihan data for U+86F8
Chinese
| trad. | 蛸 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 蛸 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蛸 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 梢 | *sreːw |
| 捎 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 筲 | *sreːw |
| 鞘 | *sreːw, *slewɢs |
| 艄 | *sreːw |
| 蛸 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 髾 | *sreːw |
| 輎 | *sreːw |
| 旓 | *sreːw |
| 弰 | *sreːw |
| 鮹 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 綃 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 颵 | *sreːw |
| 莦 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 娋 | *sreːw, *sreːws |
| 稍 | *sreːws |
| 哨 | *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew |
| 揱 | *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ |
| 潲 | *sreːws |
| 睄 | *sreːws |
| 悄 | *sʰewʔ |
| 俏 | *sʰews |
| 峭 | *sʰews |
| 陗 | *sʰews |
| 帩 | *sʰews |
| 誚 | *zews |
| 消 | *sew |
| 宵 | *sew |
| 霄 | *sew |
| 硝 | *sew |
| 銷 | *sew |
| 逍 | *sew |
| 魈 | *sew |
| 痟 | *slew |
| 焇 | *sew |
| 肖 | *slew, *slews |
| 韒 | *slewɢs |
| 趙 | *l'ewʔ |
| 箾 | *seːw, *sleːw |
| 踃 | *seːw |
| 削 | *slewɢ |
| 矟 | *sreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sreːw, *sew) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao1
- Yale: syāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu1
- Yale: sīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu1
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: sjew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sew/
Definitions
蛸
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shao
- Wade–Giles: shao1
- Yale: shāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
- Palladius: шао (šao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: saau1
- Yale: sāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: saau1
- Guangdong Romanization: sao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: sraew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/
Definitions
蛸
- Only used in 蠨蛸／蟏蛸 (xiāoshāo, “long-jawed spider (Tetragnathidae)”).
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shao
- Wade–Giles: shao1
- Yale: shāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
- Palladius: шао (šao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao1
- Yale: syāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
蛸
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 章魚 (“octopus”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 章舉 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 章魚, 蛸 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 章魚 |
| Harbin | 八大魚 | |
| Singapore | 八爪魚 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 八帶蛸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蛸, 八帶蛸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 章魚, 八爪魚 |
| Hong Kong | 章魚, 八爪魚 | |
| Dongguan | 章魚, 八爪魚 | |
| Nanning | 八爪魚 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 章魚, 八帶魚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 章魚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 章魚 |
| Dongshan | 猴水 | |
| Tainan | 章魚, 咃鰸 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 豬母酸 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 墨斗魚 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 章魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 烏賊魚, 章魚 |
| Ningbo | 望潮 | |
| Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 望潮 | |
| Wenzhou | 章魚 | |
Japanese
Kanji
蛸
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō)←せう (seu, historical)、そう (sō)←さう (sau, historical)
- Kun: たこ (tako, 蛸)
Compounds
Compounds
- 飯蛸 (īdako)
- 螵蛸 (ōjigafuguri)
- 貝蛸 (kaidako)
- 酢蛸 (sudako)
- 蛸足 (takoashi)
- 蛸烏賊 (takoika)
- 蛸鉤 (takokagi)
- 蛸水母 (takokurage)
- 蛸頭巾 (takozukin)
- 蛸突き (takotsuki)
- 蛸壷 (takotsubo): octopus pot; foxhole
- 蛸釣り (takotsuri)
- 蛸胴突き (takodōtsuki)
- 蛸入道 (takonyūdō)
- 蛸の足 (tako no ashi)
- 蛸の木 (tako no ki)
- 蛸の糞で頭に上がる (tako no kuso de atama ni agaru)
- 蛸の共食い (tako no tomogui)
- 蛸の枕 (tako no makura)
- 蛸配当 (takohaitō)
- 蛸引き (takohiki)
- 蛸船 (takobune)
- 蛸部屋 (takobeya)
- 蛸坊主 (takobōzu)
- 蛸焼き (takoyaki): takoyaki
- 蛸薬師 (takoyakushi)
- 手長蛸 (tenagadako)
- 引っ張り蛸 (hipparidako)
- 船蛸 (funedako)
- 真蛸 (madako)
- 水蛸 (mizudako)
- 薬鑵で茹でた蛸のよう (yakan de yudeta tako no yō)
- 茹で蛸 (yudedako)
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蛸 |
| たこ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
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| 章魚 鮹 鱆 |
Pronunciation
Noun
Descendants
- → Hokkien: 咃鰸 (thak-kho͘h)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
蛸 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)
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