鰲
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Translingual
    
    Han character
    
鰲 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 土大弓田火 (GKNWF), four-corner 48336, composition ⿱敖魚)
References
    
- KangXi: page 1476, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46416
- Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 16
- Unihan data for U+9C32
Chinese
    
| trad. | 鰲 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 鳌 | |
| alternative forms | 鼇/鳌 | |
Glyph origin
    
Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)  
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːw) : phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 魚 (“fish”)
Etymology
    
Possibly a back-formation from 黿 (OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon, “large turtle”) with final -n discarded due to folk etymology (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
    
Definitions
    
鰲
- (Chinese mythology) large mythological sea turtle
- (~江) Ao (a river in Zhejiang, China)
Japanese
    
    
Readings
    
- Go-on: ごう (gō)←がう (gau, historical)
- Kan-on: ごう (gō)←がう (gau, historical)
- Kun: おおがめ (ōgame, 鰲)←おほがめ (ofogame, 鰲, historical)
Compounds
    
- 鼇頭 (gōtō)
Korean
    
    Hanja
    
鰲 (eum 오 (o))
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Vietnamese
    
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References
    
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