𧊜

𧊜 U+2729C, 𧊜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2729C ← 𧊛 [U+2729B] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𧊝 → [U+2729D]

Translingual

Han character

𧊜 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, composition ⿰虫屰)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 5
• Unihan data for U+2729C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𧊜
alternative forms		鱷／鳄 鰐／鳄

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect, reptile”) + phonetic 屰 (OC *ŋraɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/

Definitions

𧊜

1. Alternative form of 鱷／鳄 (è, “crocodile”)

   • 𧊜：似蜥易，長一丈，水潛，吞人卽浮，出日南。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     𧊜：似蜥易，长一丈，水潜，吞人卽浮，出日南。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     È: sì xīyì, cháng yī zhàng, shuǐ qián, tūn rén jí fú, chū rìnán. [Pinyin]

     Crocodile ("𧊜"): looks like a lizard, one-zhang-long, hides in water, swallows any person who comes near or swims, from Rinan.