Wiktionary

螺

螺 U+87BA, 螺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87BA
← 螹
[U+87B9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 螻 →
[U+87BB]
螺 U+F911, 螺
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F911
← 蘿
[U+F910] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 裸 →
[U+F912]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

螺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田女火 (LIWVF), four-corner 56193, composition ⿰虫⿱田糸)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33512
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2885, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+87BA

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 螺
alternative forms 蠃

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (畾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
摞 *roːl, *roːls
騾 *roːl
螺 *roːl
蔂 *roːl, *rul
虆 *roːl, *rul
瘰 *roːlʔ
礌 *ruːl, *ruːls
雷 *ruːl
擂 *ruːl, *ruːls
攂 *ruːl, *ruːls
礧 *ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡 *ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃 *ruːl, *rul, *ruls
櫑 *ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鑘 *ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鐳 *ruːl
畾 *ruːl
轠 *ruːl, *rulʔ
罍 *ruːl
蕾 *ruːlʔ
癗 *ruːlʔ
磥 *ruːlʔ
累 *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
儽 *ruːls, *rul
樏 *rolʔ, *rul
鸓 *rul, *rulʔ
嫘 *rul
纍 *rul, *ruls
欙 *rul
纝 *rul
壘 *rulʔ
櫐 *rulʔ
蘽 *rulʔ
藟 *rulʔ
讄 *rulʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːl) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 累 (OC *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kroj (“shellfish, shell”). From the same root derives 蝸 (OC *kroːl, *kʷroːl, “terrestrial snail”).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • lê/lêr - vernacular;
  • lô/lô͘ - literary.
Note: lo1 - only in 庵螺 (am1 lo1).
Rime
Character 螺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 落戈切
Baxter lwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lwa/
Li
Rong 		/luɑ/
Wang
Li 		/luɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/luɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		luó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lo4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 螺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		luó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lwa ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.rˁoj/
English spiral, snail

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 螺
Reading # 1/1
No. 7701
Phonetic
component 		畾
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		𩼊
Old
Chinese 		/*roːl/
Notes 見論衡說文作蠃

Definitions edit

螺

  1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, 蝸／蜗 (wō))
  2. whorl; swirl; spiral
  3. fingerprint whorls
  4. (organic chemistry) spiro-
    螺內酯／螺内酯  ―  luónèizhǐ  ―  spironolactone
  5. (transgender slang) Short for 螺內酯／螺内酯 (luónèizhǐ, “spironolactone”); spiro
  6. (historical) wine cup made from a snail shell
  7. (historical) ink; pigment (green-black in color, produced from the snail, and used by women for drawing eyebrows)
  8. Short for 螺髻 (“hair done up in a coil shape”).

See also edit

  • (spiro): 補／补 (bǔ, “E”), 色 (sè, “cypro”)

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

螺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. spiral-shaped shellfish

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
螺
ら
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 螺 (lwa, “conch; spiral”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

螺(ら) • (ra) 

  1. any shellfish with a spiral shell
Usage notes edit

In compounds, may lend meanings of either shell or spiral.

Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
螺
つび
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; granule, little roundish bit of something”).[2] May have originally been the standalone form; compare 神 (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and 神 (kami, standalone form).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

螺(つび) • (tsubi) 

  1. (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
  2. (obsolete) alternate name for 蛤 (hamaguri, “clam”)

Etymology 3 edit

 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
螺 (tsubu, tsubi, tsumi): a variety of whelks for sale.
Kanji in this term
螺
つぶ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; granule, little roundish bit of something”).[2] May have originally been the combining form; compare 神 (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and 神 (kami, standalone form).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

螺(つぶ) • (tsubu) 

  1. spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
  2. edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae
  3. alternate name for 田螺 (tanishi): river snails of family Viviparidae
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
螺
つみ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/t͡subi/ → /t͡sumi/

Shift in pronunciation from tsubi above.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

螺(つみ) • (tsumi) 

  1. (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones

Etymology 5 edit

Kanji in this term
螺
にし
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Previously referred to any shellfish with a spiral shell (see ra above). Now refers more specifically to certain spiral shellfish. More common in compounds.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

螺(にし) • (nishi) 

  1. (rare) certain shellfish with a spiral shell
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 6 edit

Kanji in this term
螺
にな
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Less common spelling in modern Japanese. When written in kanji, more commonly spelled 蜷.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

螺(にな) • (nina) 

  1. shellfish with a spiral shell
  2. Short for 川蜷. (kawanina): Semisulcospira libertina, a kind of freshwater snail
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 螺 (MC lwa). Recorded as Middle Korean 라 (la) (Yale: la) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

螺 (eumhun 소라 라 (sora ra), South Korea 소라 나 (sora na))

  1. Hanja form? of 라/나 (“aquatic snail”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

螺: Hán Nôm readings: loa, loe

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