蜍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13
Variants: 蠩

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yú, chú
Cantonese: ceoi4 cyu1 cyu4 syu4
JapaneseOn: SHO JO YO
Vietnamese: thờ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: toad

CE-Dict: Bufo vulgaris/toad

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a toad

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蜍
【唐韻】署魚切【集韻】【韻會】常如切，𠀤音𧄔。蟾蜍也。【本草】蕭炳曰：腹下有丹書八字者，眞蟾蜍也。蘇頌曰：蟾蜍多在人家下處，形大，背上多痱磊，行極遲緩，不能跳躍，亦不解鳴。蝦蟇多在陂澤閒，形小，皮上多黑斑點，能跳接百蟲，舉動極急。二物雖一類，而功用稍別。互見蟾字註。　又【集韻】羊諸切，音余。蜘蛛，一名蝳蜍。【揚子·方言】北燕、朝鮮洌水之閒謂之蝳蜍。　【集韻】或作蠩。

CF-Dict: crapaud