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蟾蜍

蟾蜍

Chinese

moon; (striped) toad Bufo vulgaris; toad
simp. and trad.
(蟾蜍) 		蟾 蜍
蟾蜍

Noun

蟾蜍 (classifier 隻／只 (zhī))

  1. a toad
  2. Jin Chan, the Chinese Money Toad

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蟾 蜍
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

蟇 ‎(hiki, “toad”) +‎ 蛙 ‎(kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ひきが​える [hìkígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka - [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥kʲiɡ̃a̠e̞ɾ̠ɯᵝ]

Noun

蟾蜍 ‎(hiragana ひきがえる, katakana ヒキガエル, romaji hikigaeru, historical hiragana ひきがへる)

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蟾 蜍
せん
Hyōgaiji 		じょ
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From Chinese 蟾蜍

Pronunciation

Noun

蟾蜍 ‎(hiragana せんじょ, katakana センジョ, romaji senjo, historical hiragana せんじよ)

  1. toad (amphibian similar to a frog)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

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