鼃
wā
the edible water-frog
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Most common words with 鼃
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
frog | ||
frog | ||
breaststroke (swimming) | ||
bullfrog | ||
the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʷˤre (MC -ae for -ea) | 'wae | wā | frog |
*qʷˤre | 'wea | wā | frog |
*m-qʷˤre (MC -ae for -ea) | hwae | wā | frog |
*m-qʷˤre | hwea | wā | frog |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.9313% of movies
2438th most common character in movies
2904th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Unicode | U+9F03 |
Shuowen | “鼃，蝦蟇也。从黽，圭聲。” |
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