Chinese edit

toad; moon toad
trad. (蟾蜍)
simp. #(蟾蜍)
alternative forms 蟾蠩
蟾諸蟾诸
蟬蜍蝉蜍
 
蟾蜍

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit


Note: Chaozhou, Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
Initial () (23) (25) (25)
Final () (153) (153) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyem dzyem dzyo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇm/ /d͡ʑiᴇm/ /d͡ʑɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛm/ /d͡ʑiɛm/ /d͡ʑiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjæm/ /d͡ʑjæm/ /d͡ʑiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciam/ /d͡ʑiam/ /d͡ʑɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛm/ /ʑiɛm/ /ʑiɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛm/ /ʑĭɛm/ /ʑĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/ /ʑi̯ɛm/ /ʑi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhān chán chú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zim1 sim4 syu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2
No. 16762 16771 15794
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjam/ /*djam/ /*ɦlja/

Noun edit

蟾蜍

  1. toad (Classifier: )
  2. Jin Chan; Chinese Money Toad
  3. (literary) moon

Synonyms edit

  • (toad):
  • (Money Toad): 金蟾 (jīnchán)
  • (moon):

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (蟾蜍):
  • Japanese: 蟾蜍(せんじょ) (senjo)
  • Korean: 섬여(蟾蜍) (seomyeo)

See also edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

蟾蜍(ひきがえる) or 蟾蜍(ヒキガエル) (hikigaeruひきがへる (fikigaferu) or ヒキガヘル (fikigaferu)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 蟇蛙 (toad) (amphibian similar to a frog)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgaiji
じょ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Chinese 蟾蜍 (chánchú).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(せん)(じょ) or 蟾蜍(センジョ) (senjoせんじよ (senzyo)?

  1. a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN