U+87BA, 螺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87BA

[U+87B9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+87BB]
U+F911, 螺
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F911

[U+F910]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F912]

Translingual

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Han character

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

References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lê/lêr - vernacular;
  • lô/lô͘ - literary.
Note: lo1 - only in 庵螺 (am1 lo1).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7701
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
𩼊
Old
Chinese
/*roːl/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, ())
  2. whorl; swirl; spiral
  3. fingerprint whorls
  4. (organic chemistry) spiro-
    內酯内酯  ―  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

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  • (spiro): (, “E”), (, “cypro”)

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. spiral-shaped shellfish

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ra)
  • Kan-on: (ra)
  • Kun: つぶ (tsubu, )つび (tsubi, )つみ (tsumi, )にし (nishi, )にな (nina, )

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (lwa, conch; spiral).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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() (ra

  1. any shellfish with a spiral shell
Usage notes
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In compounds, may lend meanings of either shell or spiral.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
つび
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(つび) (tsubi

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

Etymology 3

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(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
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Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
つみ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

/t͡subi//t͡sumi/

Shift in pronunciation from tsubi above.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(つみ) (tsumi

  1. (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones

Etymology 5

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Kanji in this term
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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(にし) (nishi

  1. (rare) certain shellfish with a spiral shell
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 6

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Kanji in this term
にな
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry:

(The following entry is uncreated: .)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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

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Etymology

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

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 소라 (sora ra), word-initial (South Korea) 소라 (sora na))

  1. hanja form? of / (aquatic snail)

Compounds

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References

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  • 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

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: loa, loe

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