蝌

蝌

蝌 U+874C, 蝌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-874C ← 蝋 [U+874B] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝍 → [U+874D]

Translingual

Han character

蝌 (radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹木十 (LIHDJ), four-corner 5410₀, composition ⿰虫科)

References

• KangXi: page 1088, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33248
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2870, character 16
• Unihan data for U+874C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (禾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
科	*kʰoːl, *kʰoːls
萪	*kʰoːl
蝌	*kʰoːl
犐	*kʰoːl
禾	*ɡoːl
和	*ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
咊	*ɡoːl
盉	*ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
龢	*ɡoːl
鉌	*ɡoːl
俰	*ɡoːls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kho / kho͘ / kher

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Wade–Giles: k'o¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo¹
    • Yale: fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho
    • Tâi-lô: kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘
    • Tâi-lô: khoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kher
    • Tâi-lô: kher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰə³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰuɑ/▼

Rime
Character	蝌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦禾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝌
Reading #	1/1
No.	4928
Phonetic component	禾
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	科
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːl/
Notes	爾雅作科

Definitions

蝌

1. Used in 蝌蚪 (kēdǒu).

Compounds

蝌子 蝌蚪 (kēdǒu)

蝌蚪文

蝌蝌啃蠟／蝌蝌啃蜡 (kēkēkěnlà)

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Japanese

Kanji

蝌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: か (ka)
• Kan-on: か (ka)

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Korean

Hanja

蝌 • (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune–Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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