蟆

蟆

蟆 U+87C6, 蟆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87C6 ← 蟅 [U+87C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟇 → [U+87C7]

Translingual

Han character

蟆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿日大 (LITAK), four-corner 4413₆, composition ⿰虫莫)

References

• KangXi: page 1096, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33542
• Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 17
• Unihan data for U+87C6

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Chinese

trad.		蟆
simp. #		蟆
alternative forms		蟇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蟆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	*maː, *maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	*maː, *maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mraː) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “short for 蛤蟆?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): má (ma²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: má → ma (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ → ˙ㄇㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: må
    • Wade–Giles: ma⁵
    • Yale: ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ma
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵/ → /mä/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴
    • Yale: màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠa/

Rime
Character	蟆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫霞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ma/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨ/
Li Rong	/ma/
Wang Li	/ma/
Bernard Karlgren	/ma/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	má
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maa4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟆
Reading #	1/1
No.	9238
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	麻
Old Chinese	/*mraː/

Definitions

蟆

1. frog; toad

   • 蟆背似覆盂，蟆頤如偃月。 [MSC, trad.]
     蟆背似覆盂，蟆颐如偃月。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 蘇軾, 蝦蟆培

     Má bèi sì fùyú, má yí rú yǎnyuè. [Pinyin]

     The back of the frog is like an inverted basin; the cheeks of the frog are as a crescent moon.

Compounds

哈士蟆 (hàshimá) 蛤蟆 (háma) 蛤蟆吵坑

蛤蟆子 蛤蟆蹲

蛤蟆陵 癩蛤蟆／癞蛤蟆 (làiháma)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蟆 – see 𧕥 (“small mosquito”). (This character, 蟆, is a variant form of 𧕥.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03675

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Japanese

Kanji

蟆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. toad

Readings

• On (unclassified): ば (ba); ま (ma); ばく (baku)
• Kun: がま (gama, 蟆); ぶと (buto, 蟆); くく (kuku)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蟆: Hán Nôm readings: mô, mò

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