螻蛄

See also: 蝼蛄

Chinese

mole-cricket; Gryllotalpa africona mole-cricket
trad. (螻蛄) 螻 蛄
simp. (蝼蛄) 蝼 蛄

Etymology

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Pronunciation


Noun

螻蛄

  1. mole cricket

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
螻 蛄
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 螻蛄/蝼蛄 (lóugū). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) けら [kèrá] (Heiban – [0])
    • (Tokyo) けら​ [kèráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
    • IPA(key): [ke̞ɾa̠]
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) おけら [òkérá] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [o̞ke̞ɾa̠]

Noun

螻蛄(けら) or 螻蛄(おけら) • (kera or okera) 

  1. a mole cricket

References

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