蝌

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 15

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kē
Cantonese: fo1
JapaneseOn: KA
Korean: KWA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: tadpole

CE-Dict: tadpole

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a tadpole

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蝌
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤苦禾切，音科。蝌蚪。本作科。【爾雅·釋魚】科斗，活東。【疏】蝦蟇子。此蟲一名科斗，一名活東，頭圓大而尾細，古文似之，故孔安國皆云科斗文字是也。【本草】一名懸針，一名水仙子。【李時珍曰】蝌蚪，狀如河豚，頭圓，身上靑黑色，始出有尾無足，稍大則足生尾脫，治疥瘡，又可染鬚髮。【爾雅翼】月大盡生前兩足，月小盡生後兩足。

CF-Dict: têtard

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