蛤

蛤 U+86E4, 蛤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86E4
← 蛣
[U+86E3]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蛥 →
[U+86E5]

Translingual

Han character

蛤 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一口 (LIOMR), four-corner 58161, composition ⿰虫合)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33023
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2850, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+86E4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蛤
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kuːb) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
蛤
alternative forms 𧊧

Cognate with 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb, “to be together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 蛤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 合 (160)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古沓切
Baxter kop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʌp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɒp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəp̚/
Li
Rong
/kᴀp̚/
Wang
Li
/kɒp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gap3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛤
Reading # 1/1
No. 4953
Phonetic
component
合
Rime
group
緝
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
閤
Old
Chinese
/*kuːb/

Definitions

蛤

  1. clam

Compounds

  • 文蛤 (wéngé)
  • 泂蛤仔
  • 翁蛤
  • 花蛤 (huāgé)
  • 蛤柱
  • 蛤灰
  • 蛤粉
  • 蛤蚧 (géjiè)
  • 蛤蚌
  • 蛤蜊 (gélí)
  • 蛤蠣/蛤蛎
  • 蜃蛤
  • 雕蚶鏤蛤/雕蚶镂蛤

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
蛤
alternative forms 蝦/虾

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 蛤 (蛤蟆)
Mandarin Beijing /xa³⁵/
Harbin /xa²⁴/
Tianjin /xɑ⁴⁵/
Jinan /xa⁴²/
Qingdao /xa⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xɛ⁴²/
Xi'an /xɯ²⁴/
Xining /ɕia⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /xa⁵³/
Lanzhou /xə⁵³/
Ürümqi /xɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕia⁵⁵/
Chengdu /xa⁵⁵/
/ɕia⁵⁵/
Guiyang /xa⁵⁵/
Kunming /xə³¹/
Nanjing /ɕiɑ²⁴/
Hefei /xa⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /xəʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao
Hohhot /xaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ho³⁴/
Suzhou /ho⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕiɑ³³/
Wenzhou /ɦo³¹/
Hui Shexian /kʰa⁴⁴/
Tunxi /kau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha
Xiangtan /ɦɒ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /hɑ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /ha¹¹/
Taoyuan /hɑ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ha⁵⁵/
Nanning /ha²¹/
Hong Kong /ha⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ha³⁵/
/he³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ha⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xa³³/
Shantou (Teochew)
Haikou (Hainanese) /ha³¹/

Definitions

蛤

  1. Only used in 蛤蟆 (háma); also used as its short form. frog; toad
  2. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Nickname of Jiang Zemin in Moha culture.
  3. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Alternative form of 哈 (“ha; huh”) (especially used in Moha culture.)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ) or 唅 (hahⁿ).

Pronunciation


Definitions

蛤

  1. (Taiwan, chiefly Internet) Used to indicate doubt or questioning. what?, huh?, eh
    蛤?你說什麼? [MSC, trad.]
    蛤?你说什么? [MSC, simp.]
    Há? Nǐ shuō shénme? [Pinyin]
    Huh, what did you say?

Synonyms

  • 啊 (á), (Cantonese) 吓 (haa2)

Etymology 4

Compare Proto-Tai *kɤpᴰ (“frog”), whence Thai กบ (gòp), Lao ກົບ (kop), Zhuang goep, Shan ၵူပ်း (kúup), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 (kup).

Pronunciation


Definitions

蛤

  1. (dialectal) frog
Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蛤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Etymology

From 浜 (hama, “beach”) +‎ 栗 (kuri, “chestnut”).

Noun

蛤(はまぐり) or 蛤(ハマグリ) • (hamaguri) 

  1. clam

Korean

Hanja

蛤 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛤: Hán Nôm readings: cáp

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