U+86E4, 蛤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86E4

[U+86E3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+86E5]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 142, +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一口 (LIOMR), four-corner 58161, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33023
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2850, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+86E4

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kuːb) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb).

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𧊧

Cognate with (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb, “to be together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (160)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʌp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɒp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəp̚/
Li
Rong
/kᴀp̚/
Wang
Li
/kɒp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gap3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4953
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuːb/

Definitions edit

  1. clam

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 蛤 (蟆)
Mandarin Beijing /xa³⁵/
Harbin /xa²⁴/
Tianjin /xɑ⁴⁵/
Jinan /xa⁴²/
Qingdao /xa⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xɛ⁴²/
Xi'an /xɯ²⁴/
Xining /ɕia⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /xa⁵³/
Lanzhou /xə⁵³/
Ürümqi /xɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕia⁵⁵/
Chengdu /xa⁵⁵/
/ɕia⁵⁵/
Guiyang /xa⁵⁵/
Kunming /xə³¹/
Nanjing /ɕiɑ²⁴/
Hefei /xa⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /xəʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao
Hohhot /xaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ho³⁴/
Suzhou /ho⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕiɑ³³/
Wenzhou /ɦo³¹/
Hui Shexian /kʰa⁴⁴/
Tunxi /kau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha
Xiangtan /ɦɒ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /hɑ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /ha¹¹/
Taoyuan /hɑ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ha⁵⁵/
Nanning /ha²¹/
Hong Kong /ha⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ha³⁵/
/he³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ha⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xa³³/
Shantou (Teochew)
Haikou (Hainanese) /ha³¹/

Definitions edit

  1. Only used in 蛤蟆 (háma); also used as its short form. frog; toad
  2. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Nickname of Jiang Zemin in Moha culture.
  3. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Alternative form of (ha; huh) (especially used in Moha culture.)

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Hokkien (hâⁿ) or (hahⁿ).

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Taiwan, chiefly Internet) Used to indicate doubt or questioning. what?, huh?, eh
    什麼 [MSC, trad.]
    什么 [MSC, simp.]
    ? Nǐ shuō shénme? [Pinyin]
    Huh, what did you say?

Synonyms edit

  • (á), (Cantonese) (haa2)

Etymology 4 edit

Compare Proto-Tai *kɤpᴰ (frog), whence Thai กบ (gòp), Lao ກົບ (kop), Zhuang goep, Shan ၵူပ်း (kúup), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 (kup).

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (dialectal) frog
Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Etymology edit

From (hama, beach) +‎ (kuri, chestnut).

Noun edit

(はまぐり) or (ハマグリ) (hamaguri

  1. clam

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(hap) (hangeul , revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: cáp

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