䵷

Information about character(s)

Radical: 黽
Radical Strokes: 13
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 19

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wā
Cantonese: waa1

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: (same as 鼃蛙) frog, (interchangeable 哇) retch, noise of vomiting

康熙字典文字版 【亥集下】【黽字部】䵷
【集韻】【正韻】𠀤古文蛙字。【說文】蝦蟇也。【玉篇】䵷同鼃。【釋名】鼃蟈，長股也。顏師古曰：䵷似鰕蟇而小，長脚。【爾雅·釋魚疏】陶註本草云：一種小形善鳴，喚名爲䵷者，卽郭璞云靑蛙者也。後脚長，故善躍。大其聲，則曰䵷。小其聲，則曰蛤。【周禮·秋官】蟈氏掌去䵷黽。　又淫聲曰䵷聲。班固曰：淫䵷不可聽者，非韶夏之樂也。【前漢·王莽傳贊】紫色䵷聲。【註】䵷者，樂之淫聲。　又始也。【廣雅】鼃，始也。　又【廣韻】戸媧切【集韻】胡瓜切，𠀤音華。義同。