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鼉

tuó

large reptile

Components
口 sound component

口  Sound component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 sound component

口  Sound component

kǒu

  

mouth

田 unknown component

田  Unknown component

tián

  

field

一 unknown component

一  Unknown component

yī

  

one

黽 meaning component

黽  Meaning component

miǎn, měng, mǐn

  

toad

frog

Evolution

鼉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鼉 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
鼉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鼉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鼍 (鼉) 

tuó

large reptile, water lizard; Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ˤar

da

tuó

alligator

*[d]ˤar

dan

tuó

alligator


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5562nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

25

Simplified

鼍

Unicode

U+9F09

Shuowen

“鼉，水蟲，似蜥易，長大。从黽，單聲。”


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