鼇

Information about character(s)

Radical: 黽
Radical Strokes: 13
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 23
Variants: 鰲

Pronunciation

Pinyin: áo
Cantonese: ngou4
JapaneseKun: OOGAME
JapaneseOn: GOU
Korean: O

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: huge sea turtle

CE-Dict: variant of 鰲|鳌/mythological sea turtle

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《黽部》鼇海大鼈也。从黽敖聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集下】【黽字部】鼇
【唐韻】五牢切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】牛刀切，𠀤音敖。【說文】海中大鱉也。【玉篇】傳曰：有神靈之鼇，背負蓬萊之山，在海中。【史記·三皇本紀】女媧氏斷鼇足，以立四極。　俗作鰲，非是。

CF-Dict: tortue de mer mythologique