蛟

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiāo
Cantonese: gaau1
JapaneseKun: MIZUCHI
JapaneseOn: KOU KYOU
Korean: KYO
Vietnamese: giao

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: scaly dragon with four legs

CE-Dict: a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods/see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a flood dragon
2.a shark

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蛟龍之屬也。池魚滿三千六百，蛟來為之長，能率魚飛。置笱水中，卽蛟去。从虫交聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蛟
【唐韻】古肴切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】居肴切，𠀤音交。【說文】龍之屬也，池魚三千六百，蛟來爲之長，能率魚飛，置笱水中卽去。【埤雅】蛟，其狀似蛇而四足，細頸，頸有白嬰，大者數圍，卵生，眉交，故謂之蛟。【山海經】蛟大者十數圍，卵如一二石甕，能吞人。【述異記】虎魚老者爲蛟。【酉陽雜俎】魚二千斤爲蛟。【禮·月令】季夏，命漁師伐蛟。【前漢·武帝紀】自尋陽浮江，親射蛟江中，獲之。　又蛟羊。【述異記】蛟羊似羊而無角。

CF-Dict: crocodile

Han-De-Dict: Haifisch (u.E.) (S)