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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiāo, shāo
Cantonese: saau1 siu1
JapaneseKun: TAKO
JapaneseOn: SOU SHOU
Korean: SO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: long legged spider; octopus; chrysalis of mantis

CE-Dict: Octopus octopodia/mantis egg nest

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a variety of spider
xiao
ㄒㄧㄠ
1.mantis's egg capsule

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蛸 𧓎蛸,堂蜋子。从虫肖聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】 蛸
【唐韻】【正韻】所交切【韻會】師交切,𠀤音梢。蠨蛸,蟲名。【詩·豳風】蠨蛸在戸。【傳】蠨蛸,長踦也。郭璞曰:小蜘蛛長脚者,俗呼爲喜子。陸璣云:一名長脚。荆州、河內人謂之喜母,此蟲來著人衣,當有親客至,有喜也。幽州人謂之親客,亦如蜘蛛爲羅網居之是也。 又【廣韻】相邀切,音消。【爾雅·釋蟲】不過蟷蠰,其子蜱蛸。【註】一名䗚蟭,蟷蠰卵也。【爾雅翼】螵蛸,所在有之,以桑上者爲佳,《本草》爲之桑蜱蛸。 又魚名。【爾雅翼】海中烏賊魚,背如樗蒱形,亦有螵蛸之名。 又姓。【通志·氏族略】齊武帝以巴東王子響叛逆,攺爲蛸氏。

Japanese Places Tako (loc)

CF-Dict: Octopodidae

Han-De-Dict: Shao (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)