章魚

章魚

See also: 章鱼

Chinese

		chapter; seal; section	fish
trad. (章魚)		章	魚
simp. (章鱼)		章	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ jyu⁴, zoeng¹ jyu^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): chiuⁿ-hî / chiuⁿ-hû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhāngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄩˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangyu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ jyu⁴, zoeng¹ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: jēung yùh, jēung yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ jy⁴, dzoeng¹ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ yu⁴, zêng¹ yu²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/, /t͡ɕœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ-hî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiunn-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviu'hii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ-hû
    • Tâi-lô: tsiunn-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviu'huu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/

Noun

章魚

1. octopus (Classifier: 隻／只)

See also

• 蛸 (xiāo)
• 花枝 (huāzhī)
• 烏賊／乌贼 (wūzéi)
• 魷魚／鱿鱼 (yóuyú)

Derived terms

章魚燒／章鱼烧 (zhāngyúshāo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
章	魚
Grade: 3	Grade: 2
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 章魚.

Noun

章魚 (hiragana たこ, katakana タコ, rōmaji tako)

1. Alternative spelling of 蛸