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螯

螯

Translingual

Han character

螯 (radical 142 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI) or 手大中一戈 (QKLMI) or X土大中一 (XGKLM), four-corner 48136)

  1. nippers, pincers, claws (of crustaceans)

References

  • KangXi: page 1094, character 53
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2875, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+87AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 螯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
熬 *ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖 *ŋaːw
嗷 *ŋaːw
螯 *ŋaːw
聱 *ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲 *ŋaːw
遨 *ŋaːw
獒 *ŋaːw
滶 *ŋaːw
蔜 *ŋaːw
鷔 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇 *ŋaːw
謷 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅 *ŋaːw
嗸 *ŋaːw
摮 *ŋaːw
嫯 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲 *ŋaːws
磝 *ŋraːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːw) : phonetic 敖 ‎(OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 虫 ‎(“insect”) – part of an insect, its pincers.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 螯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五勞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋɑu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋɑu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋaw/
Li
Rong		 /ŋɑu/
Wang
Li		 /ŋɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 áo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 螯
Reading # 1/1
No. 41
Phonetic
component		 敖
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 敖
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋaːw/

Noun

螯

  1. pincer; nipper; claw

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji

螯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Noun

螯 ‎(hiragana はさみ, katakana ハサミ, romaji hasami)

  1. chela

Vietnamese

Han character

螯 (ngao)

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