蟆 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

má

frog

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蟇.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng

bug, insect

莫 Sound component

mò

do not

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

má

frog, toad; toad

má

old variant of 蟆[má]

Most common words with 蟆

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	蛤蟆	frog
	蟆	toad
	癞蛤蟆	toad
	癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉	lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
	虾蟆	frog

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3849th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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