𧊜

𧊜	U+2729C, 𧊜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2729C

← 𧊛
[U+2729B]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B

𧊝 →
[U+2729D]

Translingual

Han character

𧊜 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, composition ⿰虫屰)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 5
Unihan data for U+2729C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𧊜
alternative forms		鱷／鳄鰐／鳄

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect, reptile”) + phonetic 屰 (OC *ŋraɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): è (e⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: è
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: è
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴
  - Yale: è
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/

Definitions

𧊜

Alternative form of 鱷／鳄 (è, “crocodile”)
- 𧊜：似蜥易，長一丈，水潛，吞人卽浮，出日南。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  𧊜：似蜥易，长一丈，水潜，吞人卽浮，出日南。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE
  È: sì xīyì, cháng yī zhàng, shuǐ qián, tūn rén jí fú, chū rìnán. [Pinyin]
  Crocodile ("𧊜"): looks like a lizard, one-zhang-long, hides in water, swallows any person who comes near or swims, from Rinan.

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