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Translingual
Han character
蝸 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月月口 (LIBBR), four-corner 57127, composition ⿰虫咼)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1091, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33338
- Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2862, character 14
- Unihan data for U+8778
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 碢
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*l'oːl
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| 腡
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*ɡ·roːl, *kʷroːl
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| 過
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*kloːl, *kloːls
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| 渦
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*kloːl, *qloːl
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| 鍋
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*kloːl
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| 楇
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*kloːl, *ɡloːls
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| 瘑
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*kloːl
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| 緺
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*koːl, *kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 堝
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*kloːl
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| 濄
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*kloːl, *qloːl
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| 鐹
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*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
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| 薖
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*kʰloːl
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| 簻
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*kʰloːl, *kr'oːl
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| 禍
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*ɡloːlʔ
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| 窩
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*qloːl
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| 萵
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*qloːl
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| 檛
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*kr'oːl
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| 膼
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*kr'oːl
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| 蝸
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*kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 媧
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*kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 騧
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*kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 冎
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*kroːlʔ
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| 剮
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*kroːlʔ
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| 諣
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*qʰroːls, *qʰʷroːls
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| 歄
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*kʷroːl
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| 咼
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*kʰʷroːl
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| 喎
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*kʰʷroːl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːl, *kʷroːl) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kroj (“shellfish, shell”). From the same root derives 螺 (OC *roːl, “aquatic snail”).
Perhaps related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *kloʔ (“snail, shellfish”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蝸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wō
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kwæ ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*k.rˁoj/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-)
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| English
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snail
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蝸
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蝸
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4384
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4394
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Phonetic
component
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冎
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冎
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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瓜
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Old
Chinese
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/*kroːl/
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/*kʷroːl/
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Definitions
蝸
- terrestrial snail
Compounds
See also
Japanese
Kanji
蝸
(Hyōgai kanji)
- snail
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
蝸 • (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune–Reischauer wa, Yale wa)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
蝸: Hán Nôm readings: oa
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