蟾蜍

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Chinese

toad; moon toad
trad. (蟾蜍)
simp. #(蟾蜍)
alternative forms 蟾蠩
蟾諸蟾诸
蟬蜍蝉蜍
蟾蜍

Etymology

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Pronunciation


Note: Chaozhou, Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
Initial () (23) (25) (25)
Final () (153) (153) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyem dzyem dzyo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇm/ /d͡ʑiᴇm/ /d͡ʑɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛm/ /d͡ʑiɛm/ /d͡ʑiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjæm/ /d͡ʑjæm/ /d͡ʑiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciam/ /d͡ʑiam/ /d͡ʑɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛm/ /ʑiɛm/ /ʑiɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛm/ /ʑĭɛm/ /ʑĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/ /ʑi̯ɛm/ /ʑi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhān chán chú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zim1 sim4 syu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2
No. 16762 16771 15794
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjam/ /*djam/ /*ɦlja/

Noun

蟾蜍

  1. toad (Classifier: )
  2. Jin Chan; Chinese Money Toad
  3. (literary) moon

Synonyms

  • (toad):
  • (Money Toad): 金蟾 (jīnchán)
  • (moon):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蟾蜍):
  • Japanese: 蟾蜍(せんじょ) (senjo)
  • Korean: 섬여(蟾蜍) (seomyeo)

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ひきがえる
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

For pronunciation and definitions of 蟾蜍 – see the following entry.
蟇蛙ひきがえる
a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)
Alternative spellings
, ヒキガエル
(This term, 蟾蜍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgai
じょ
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Chinese 蟾蜍 (chánchú).

Pronunciation

Noun

(せん)(じょ) or 蟾蜍(センジョ) (senjoせんじよ (senzyo)?

  1. a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN