蟾蜍

Chinese

toad; moon toad
trad. (蟾蜍)
simp. #(蟾蜍)
alternative forms 蟾蠩
蟾諸蟾诸
蟬蜍蝉蜍
蟾蜍

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • siem5 su5 - Chaozhou;
  • siam5 su5 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
Initial () (23) (25) (25)
Final () (153) (153) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇm/ /d͡ʑiᴇm/ /d͡ʑɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛm/ /d͡ʑiɛm/ /d͡ʑiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjæm/ /d͡ʑjæm/ /d͡ʑiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciam/ /d͡ʑiam/ /d͡ʑɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛm/ /ʑiɛm/ /ʑiɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛm/ /ʑĭɛm/ /ʑĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/ /ʑi̯ɛm/ /ʑi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhān chán chú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zim1 sim4 syu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2
No. 16762 16771 15794
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjam/ /*djam/ /*ɦlja/

Noun

蟾蜍

  1. toad (Classifier: )
  2. Jin Chan; Chinese Money Toad
  3. (literary) moon

Synonyms

  • (toad):
  • (Money Toad): 金蟾 (jīnchán)
  • (moon):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蟾蜍):
  • Japanese: 蟾蜍(せんじょ) (senjo)
  • Korean: 섬여(蟾蜍) (seomyeo)

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) きがえる [hìkígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
    • IPA(key): [çi̥kʲiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蟾蜍(ひきがえる) (hikigaeru) ひきがへる (fikigaferu)?

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgaiji
じょ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Chinese 蟾蜍 (chánchú).

Pronunciation

Noun

(せん)(じょ) (senjo) せんじよ (senzyo)?

  1. a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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