螯

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螯 U+87AF, 螯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AF
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 螰 →

Translingual

Han character

螯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI) or 手大中一戈 (QKLMI) or 難土大中一 (XGKLM), four-corner 48136, composition ⿱敖虫)

  1. nippers, pincers, claws (of crustaceans)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 53
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+87AF

Chinese

trad. 螯
simp. # 螯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
熬 *ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖 *ŋaːw
嗷 *ŋaːw
螯 *ŋaːw
聱 *ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲 *ŋaːw
遨 *ŋaːw
獒 *ŋaːw
滶 *ŋaːw
蔜 *ŋaːw
鷔 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇 *ŋaːw
謷 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅 *ŋaːw
嗸 *ŋaːw
摮 *ŋaːw
嫯 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲 *ŋaːws
磝 *ŋraːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːw) : phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 虫 (“insect”) – part of an insect, its pincers.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 螯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五勞切
Baxter ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɑu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɑu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋaw/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɑu/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		áo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 螯
Reading # 1/1
No. 41
Phonetic
component 		敖
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		敖
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

螯

  1. pincer; chela; nipper; claw
    Synonym: 鉗 / 钳 (qián)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

螯

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. claws

Readings

  • Go-on: ごう (gō)←がう (gau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ごう (gō)←がう (gau, historical)
  • Kun: はさみ (hasami, 螯)

Pronunciation

Noun

螯(はさみ) or 螯(ハサミ) • (hasami) 

  1. chela

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Han character

螯: Hán Nôm readings: ngao

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