蝌蚪

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Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(蝌蚪) 		蝌 蚪
2nd round simp. 科斗
alternative forms 科斗 archaic
蝌斗
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蝌 蚪
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 戈 (95) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 苦禾切 當口切
Baxter khwa tuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰuɑ/ /təuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰuɑ/ /təuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰuɑ/ /təuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwa/ /təwX/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuɑ/ /tuX/
Wang
Li 		/kʰuɑ/ /təuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰuɑ/ /tə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kuō dǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fo1 dau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝌 蚪
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4928 2453
Phonetic
component 		禾 斗
Rime
group 		歌 侯
Rime
subdivision 		3 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		科 斗
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰoːl/ /*toːʔ/
Notes 爾雅作科 爾雅作科斗

Noun

蝌蚪

  2. tadpole (toad or frog larva) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
  3. (figurative) musical note

Synonyms

  • (tadpole):
Dialectal synonyms of 蝌蚪 (“tadpole”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蝌蚪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蝌蚪
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 蛤蟆骨朵兒, 蛤蟆蝌子
Taiwan 蝌蚪
Chengde 蛤蟆骨朵
Ulanhot 蛤蟆骨朵
Tongliao 蛤蟆骨朵
Chifeng 蝌蚪
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蛤蟆骨朵
Heihe 蛤蟆骨朵
Qiqihar 蛤蟆骨朵
Harbin 蛤蟆骨朵兒, 蛤蟆骨朵
Wuchang (Yingchengzi) 蛤蟆骨朵
Jiamusi 蛤蟆骨朵
Baicheng 蛤蟆骨朵
Changchun 蛤蟆骨朵
Tonghua 蛤蟆骨朵
Shenyang 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵
Jinzhou 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆卡子, 蛤蟆骨朵
Singapore 蝌蚪
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 蛤蟆秧子
Tangshan 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵兒
Xianxian (Xiaoying) 蛤蟆蝌兒蝌兒
Baoding 蛤蟆豆兒
Shijiazhuang 蛤蟆蝌蚪兒
Lijin 蝌蚪
Jinan 蛤蟆蝌胎兒, 蛤蟆蝌胎子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 癩蛤蟆鯝子
Dandong 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆鯝子
Yantai 哥哥蕩子
Yantai (Muping) 格格蕩
Qingdao 蛤蟆疙蕩兒
Zhucheng 圪圪蕩子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 蛤蟆圪丁兒
Lingbao 蛤蟆圪蚪兒
Jining 蛤蟆蝌胎兒
Wanrong 蛤蟆圪蚪
Linfen 圪里圪蚪
Shangqiu 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨子
Yuanyang 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆圪瘩
Zhengzhou 蛤蟆圪蚪
Xinyang 蛤蟆骨朵
Baihe 蛤蟆骨朵兒
Xi'an 蛤蟆骨朵子, 蛤蟆骨朵兒
Baoji 蛤蟆骨朵
Tianshui 蛤蟆骨朵
Xining 丁丁馬杓兒
Xuzhou 蛤蟆蝌子
Fuyang 蛤蟆骨朵子, 蛤蟆骨朵
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 蛤蟆蚪
Yongning (Najiahu) 蛤蟆蚪
Bayanhot 黑姆肚肚
Lanzhou 蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子
Dunhuang 蛤蟆骨朵子
Hami 蛤蟆骨朵
Ürümqi 蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 蝌蚪, 蝌蚪兒, 蜞螞兒骨朵兒, 娃娃魚
Nanchong 蝌蚪
Dazhou 烏貓兒
Hanyuan 馬屎骨朵兒
Xichang 蛤蟆骨朵兒
Zigong 蝌蚪, 擺尾子
Chongqing 水棒都兒
Wuhan 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆連
Yichang 蝌蚪
Xiangyang 蛤蟆骨朵
Tianmen 蛤蟆蛉子
Guiyang 蝌蚪, 棒頭魚, 棒兜魚
Zunyi 棒兜魚
Bijie 圪蚪魚
Liping 蛤蟆骨朵
Zhaotong 圪蚪魚
Dali 大頭姑姑
Kunming 蝌蚪, 大頭魚
Mengzi 大頭骨碌
Guilin 蝌蚪
Guilin (Lingui) 蝌蚪
Liuzhou 蝌蚪, 蟆𧊅魚
Liuzhou (Luorong) 蝌蚪
Nanning (Wuming) 蝌蚪
Jishou 胡蟆凍兒
Changde 蛤蟆骨骨兒
Hanzhong 蝌蚪, 蝌蟆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 田雞烏子, 蛤蟆骨朵
Yangzhou 蝌蚪, 烏子, 癩猴媽烏子
Lianyungang 小烏子
Lianshui 癩烏子
Nantong 蛤蟆烏子
Anqing 蝌蚪
Wuhu 蛤蟆秧子
Hefei 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵
Hong'an 蛤蟆頭
Mandarin Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) 跟斗蟲
Nanping (Yanping) 蝌蚪
Cantonese Guangzhou 蝌蚪
Hong Kong 蝌蚪
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 烏氹仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 蛤春
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 蝌蚪
Macau 蝌蚪
Guangzhou (Panyu) 豆豉魚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 𧊅𬠖
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蛤𧊅𬠖
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 糖𧊅𬠖
Foshan 蝌蚪
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 蠄蜍魚
Foshan (Shunde) 蝌蚪
Foshan (Sanshui) 大肚𬠖
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 雷公𧊅
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蝌蚪
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 罃盎
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 蛤仔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 盎囊
Jiangmen (Baisha) 盎囊仔
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 盎囊
Taishan 蛤𧊅, 𬠖
Enping (Niujiang) 蛤鰐
Heshan (Yayao) 當郎仔
Dongguan 雷公𧊅
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 罃盎仔
Qingyuan 蝌蚪
Fogang 𧊅𬠖仔
Yangshan 大肚立轆
Lianshan (Butian) 蛤蠕
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 蝌蚪
Shaoguan 蝌蚪
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蝌蚪
Renhua 蝌蚪
Lechang 蝌蚪
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蝌蚪
Sihui 雷公魚
Guangning 𬠖伏魚
Deqing 大頭蛤蠕
Huaiji 蛤目
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蛤蠕
Yunfu 蛤目仔
Luoding 蛤蠕仔
Yunan (Pingtai) 蛤粒
Yangjiang 蛤蠕仔
Xinyi 蛤蠕
Lianjiang 蛤蠕
Nanning 蝌蚪
Nanning (Tanka) 蝌蚪
Wuzhou 豆豉魚
Yulin 蝌蚪, 大頭魚
Guiping 蝌蚪
Guiping (Jintian) 蝌蚪
Guiping (Mule) 蛤蠕兒
Pingnan 蛤粒魚
Mengshan (Xihe) 蛤粒
Guigang (Gangcheng) 蝌蚪
Guigang (Nanjiang) 蠄蜍兒
Beiliu (Tangliao) 蛤儂
Baise 大頭魚
Bobai 蛤儂
Qinzhou 蝌蚪
Beihai 蝌蚪
Beihai (Nankang) 蛤蠕
Beihai (Yingpan) 蛤蠕
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蝌蚪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蛤仔
Ningming 蝌蚪
Hengzhou 蝌蚪
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 𧊅蠕, 蝌蚪
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蛤𧊅仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蝌蚪
Móng Cái 蠕
Bangkok (Guangfu) 青蛙仔, ลูกอ๊อด
Betong (Rongxian) 蛤𬠖
Gan Nanchang 蛤蟆仁子
Pengze 蛤蟆兒
Pingxiang 蛤蟆仁
Liuyang 蛤蟆蟻哩
Hakka Meixian 𧊅𬠖仔, 𧊅𬠖
Dabu (Xihe) 大頭𧊅
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 雷公𧊅
Dongguan (Qingxi) 𧊅𬠖
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 𬠖哥仔
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 𬠖牯仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 𧊅𬠖
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 𧊅𬠖
Wuhua (Huacheng) 𧊅𬠖哩, 𧊅𬠖
Wuhua (Mianyang) 𧊅𬠖頭
Heyuan (Bendihua) 𧊅黃𬠖
Wengyuan 𧊅婆𬠖
Liannan 蝦爬𬠖
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 江繭𬠖
Jiexi 𧊅蛇𬠖
Luhe 𧊅蝻蠕
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 鴨嫲蛇𧊅
Changting 蛤蟆鰱鰱
Longyan (Yongding) 大肚𧊅
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 大頭雞
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 蛤蟆頭
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 大頭雞
Wuping (Zhongshan) 蛤蟆姑子
Liancheng (Peitian) 蛤蟆童
Liancheng (Juxi) 蛤蟆童龜
Yudu 蛤蟆𬠖子
Ningdu 蛤蟆頭子
Ruijin 蛤蟆𬠖子
Shicheng 蛤蟆團
Shangyou (Shexi) 蛤蟆𬠖子
Tonggu (Sandu) 蛤蟆𬠖子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 蝦爬𬠖子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𧊅𬠖仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 𧊅𬠖仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𧊅蠕仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 江雞𬠖, 𧊅𬠖, 細𧊅
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𧊅蠕仔, 𧊅蠕, 𧊅𬠖仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鴨嫲𧊅, 鴨嫲𧊅仔
Hong Kong 𬠖哥仔, 蝌蚪
Beiliu (Tang'an) 蛤蟆
Mashan (Pianlian) 細蛤蟆
Sabah (Longchuan) 蛤蟆仔, 蛤蟆𬠖
Senai (Huiyang) 𬠖哥仔
Singkawang 蛤蟆仔
Bangkok (Meixian) 𧊅𬠖仔
Bangkok (Jiexi) 蛤蟆豚
Huizhou Jixi 蛤蟆扣
Shexian 蛤蟆蚴蚴
Jin Taiyuan 圪蚪, 圪蚪兒
Pingyao 麻麻圪蚪蚪, 圪蚪蚪, 彈花槌兒, 大頭卜來來
Yangyuan 圪蚪子
Datong 蝌蚪兒
Xinzhou 蛤蟆圪朵兒
Lüliang (Lishi) 圪努兒
Changzhi 圪蚪子
Taibus (Baochang) 蛤蟆格斗斗
Linhe 圪鳥兒
Jining 圪蚪, 圪蚪子
Hohhot 圪蚪子
Baotou 圪蚪
Dongsheng 圪捏
Haibowan 蛤蟆豆
Erenhot 圪蚪子
Pingshan 圪蚪兒
Zhangjiakou 蝌蚪子
Handan 圪蚪兒
Linzhou 蛤蟆圪蚪
Northern Min Jian'ou 蛤蟆盝
Jian'ou (Dikou) 矮乜儡
Songxi 洋乜槌
Zhenghe 洋乜槌
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 洋乜槌
Jianyang 蛤蟆仔, 洋乜槌
Wuyishan 洋乜槌
Pucheng (Shibei) 蛤蟆突
Eastern Min Fuzhou 把啷鼓墜, 蝌蚪
Fuqing 把啷鼓
Southern Min Xiamen 蛤胿, 𧌄梅, 烏豆仔
Quanzhou 烏胿魚, 大頭魚, 𧌄梅
Jinjiang 肚胿, 蛤胿
Yongchun 塗糜胿
Zhangzhou 蛤胿, 大肚胿
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 大肚胿仔
Zhao'an 蛤牯胿仔
Taipei 𧌄梅仔, 塗蝛仔, 大肚仔魚
New Taipei (Tamsui) 𧌄蝛仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 肚胿仔, 𧌄梅
New Taipei (Pingxi) 肚胿
Kaohsiung 𧌄胿仔, 肚胿仔, 𧌄蝛仔, 大肚仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 𧌄胿仔
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𧌄蝛仔, 大肚仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𧌄蝛仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 四跤魚仔
Yilan 咁胿仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 肚胿仔, 大肚娘仔
Changhua (Lukang) 𧌄梅仔
Taichung 蛤胿仔
Tainan 大頭鼠仔
Tainan (Anping) 拱球仔, 大頭𩸶仔, 四跤仔囝
Hsinchu 𧌄蝛仔
Kinmen 𧌄梅仔
Penghu (Magong) 𧌄吪仔
Penghu (Xiyu) 𧌄吪仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 大頭釘
Longyan 蛤蟆豚仔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 安媽乖
Datian 蛤蟆槌
Pingnan (Shangdu) 蝌蚪
Chaozhou 𬠕
Raoping 丼丼𬠕
Shantou 蝌蚪, 𬠕
Shantou (Chaoyang) 大頭蛆
Jieyang 𬠕
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 烏𬠕
Hat Yai (Teochew) 蛤虯
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 蛤虯囝
Leizhou 蛤胿
Haikou 水鼓囝
Puxian Min Putian 洋乜角乖
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 紅乜乖
Xianyou 洋乜乖
Fuding (Aoyao) 蛤蟆卵
Central Min Yong'an 蛤蟆槌
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 蛤蟆團兒
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 戽斗囝, 胭盎魚
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Chaoyang) 蟆𧊅子
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 蝌蚪
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 蝌蚪
Wu Shanghai 拿摩溫
Shanghai (Songjiang) 蛤蟆
Shanghai (Jiading) 野貓惡, 拿摩溫
Shanghai (Chongming) 轄毛惡
Suzhou 蛤蟆
Wuxi 咸婆婆
Danyang 海巴烏, 田雞烏 rural
Hangzhou 大頭魚兒
Ningbo 烏龜頭蟲, 烏鼻頭蟲
Wenzhou 蛤蟆蟲子兒
Jinhua (Tangxi) 蟆卵袋兒
Xiang Changsha 蛤蟆嫩子, 蝌蚪
Xiangtan 蟆𧊅綠
Loudi 蟆蟆唧
Shuangfeng 秧蟆粒
Quanzhou 秧蟆𧊅
Guanyang (Wenshi) 秧蟆𧊅

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蝌蚪):
  • → Japanese: 蝌蚪(かと) (kato)
  • → Korean: 과두(蝌蚪) (gwadu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝌 蚪
か
Hyōgai 		と
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蝌蚪 (MC khwa tuwX).

Pronunciation

Noun

蝌(か)蚪(と) • (kato) ←くわと (kwato)?

  1. Synonym of お玉杓子 (otamajakushi, “tadpole”)
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