蠔

See also: 蚝

蠔 U+8814, 蠔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8814 ← 蠓 [U+8813] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠕 → [U+8815]

Translingual

Han character

蠔 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜口人 (LIYRO), four-corner 5013₂, composition ⿰虫豪)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 49
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2900, character 21
• Unihan data for U+8814

Chinese

trad.		蠔
simp.		蚝*
alternative forms		蚵 Min Nan

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 虫 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hò

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hau²

• Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): o⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²
    • Yale: háu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho²
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hau²
    • Sinological IPA: /hau¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô
    • Tâi-lô: ô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /o²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /o¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: o⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghau
    • MiniDict: ghau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɔ²³/

Definitions

蠔

1. oyster (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牡蠣 (“oyster”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣
Taxonomic name		牡蠣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵
	Malaysia	蠔
	Singapore	蠔
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	海蠣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Nanning (Wuming)	蠔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠔
	Hong Kong	蠔, 生蠔
	Dongguan	蠔
	Yangjiang	蠔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠔
Hakka	Meixian	蠔
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	生蠔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蚵仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蚵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蚵仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蚵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠣黃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠣
	Lianjiang	八蠣
	Fuqing	蠣
	Matsu	蠣
	Singapore (Fuqing)	蠣
Southern Min	Xiamen	蚵仔, 蚵
	Quanzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蚵仔
	Zhao'an	蚵仔
	Taipei	蚵仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蚵
	Kaohsiung	蚵仔
	Yilan	蚵仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	蚵仔
	Taichung	蚵仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蚵
	Tainan	蚵仔
	Taitung	蚵仔
	Hsinchu	蚵仔
	Kinmen	蚵
	Penghu (Magong)	蚵
	Penang (Hokkien)	蚵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蚵
	Manila (Hokkien)	蚵仔
	Chaozhou	蠔
	Shantou	蠔, 水生
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蠔
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	蠔仔
	Jieyang	蠔, 水生, 水魚
	Haifeng	蠔
	Singapore (Teochew)	蠔
	Leizhou	蠔
	Wenchang	蠔
Puxian Min	Putian	蚮
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蠔
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蚮
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蚮
	Xianyou	蚮, 蠔
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蠔
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蚮
Wu	Ningbo	蠣黃
	Wenzhou	蠣膏

Compounds

• 生蠔 / 生蚝 (shēngháo)
• 蠔場 / 蚝场
• 蠔山 / 蚝山
• 蠔房 / 蚝房
• 蠔殼 / 蚝壳
• 蠔殼窗 / 蚝壳窗
• 蠔油 / 蚝油 (háoyóu)
• 蠔浦 / 蚝浦
• 蠔烙 / 蚝烙 (háolào)
• 蠔煎 / 蚝煎 (háojiān)
• 蠔珠 / 蚝珠
• 蠔甲 / 蚝甲
• 蠔田 / 蚝田 (háotián)
• 蠔白 / 蚝白
• 蠔莆 / 蚝莆
• 蠔蠣 / 蚝蛎
• 蠔豉 / 蚝豉 (háochǐ)
• 蠣蠔 / 蛎蚝

Japanese

Kanji

蠔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: かき (kaki)

Korean

Hanja

蠔 • (ho) (hangeul 호, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Compounds

• 蠔殼 (호각)

Vietnamese

Han character

蠔: Hán Nôm readings: hào, hàu, hầu

1. oyster