水蚤

水蚤

Chinese

		water; river	flea
trad. (水蚤)		水	蚤
simp. #(水蚤)		水	蚤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shuǐzǎo [Phonetic: shuízǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitzao
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 水藻 水蚤

Noun

水蚤

1. water flea (Daphnia)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	蚤
Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 水蚤.

Noun

水蚤 (hiragana みじんこ, katakana ミジンコ, rōmaji mijinko, historical hiragana みぢんこ, historical katakana ミヂンコ)

1. Alternative spelling of 微塵子 (“water flea”)