Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word you have here. The definition of the word will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also:
U+9F09, 鼉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F09

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 205, +12, 25 strokes, cangjie input 口口田一山 (RRWMU), four-corner 66717, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1525, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48306
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2060, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4771, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9F09

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𪛄

𪓽
𪓸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *daːl) : phonetic (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans) + semantic (toad)

Etymology

Löffler (1966) tentatively relates this to Mru tam (alligator) yet the finals do not agree.

Also reminiscent of Santali (tajan, broad-headed alligator) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/da/
Li
Rong
/dɑ/
Wang
Li
/dɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tuó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
to4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tuó
Middle
Chinese
‹ da ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁar/
English alligator

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1988
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daːl/

Definitions

  1. Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Alligator

Readings

  • On (unclassified): (ta) (da)たん (tan)だん (dan)せん (sen)ぜん (zen)
  • Kun: わに (wani)

Korean

Hanja

(ta) (hangeul , revised ta, McCune–Reischauer t'a, Yale tha)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đà

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.