蝌蚪

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (蝌蚪)		蝌	蚪
2nd round simp.		科斗
alternative forms		科斗 archaic 蝌斗

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 蝌蚪 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 蝌蚪 (Cantonese)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蝌	蚪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦禾切	當口切
Baxter	khwa	tuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/	/təuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/	/təuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/	/təuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/	/təwX/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/	/tuX/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/	/təuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/	/tə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō	dǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo1	dau2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝌	蚪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4928	2453
Phonetic component	禾	斗
Rime group	歌	侯
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	科	斗
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːl/	/*toːʔ/
Notes	爾雅作科	爾雅作科斗

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēdǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄉㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹ dau²
• Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏ-dēu
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kuê¹ dao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēdǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kedǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-tou³
    • Yale: kē-dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kedoou
    • Palladius: кэдоу (kɛdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo¹ dau²
    • Yale: fō dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹ dau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹ deo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏ-dēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɛu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuê¹ dao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khue táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰue³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: khwa tuwX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːl  toːʔ/

Noun

蝌蚪

2. tadpole (toad or frog larva) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

   • 還虷蟹與科斗，莫吾能若也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     还虷蟹与科斗，莫吾能若也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xuán hán xiè yǔ kēdǒu, mò wú néng ruò yě. [Pinyin]

     Then turning round, I see that of the water-worms, crabs, and tadpoles there is not one that can do like me.

3. (figurative) musical note

Synonyms

• (tadpole):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝌蚪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝌蚪
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛤蟆骨朵兒, 蛤蟆蝌子
	Taiwan	蝌蚪
	Chengde	蛤蟆骨朵
	Ulanhot	蛤蟆骨朵
	Tongliao	蛤蟆骨朵
	Chifeng	蝌蚪
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛤蟆骨朵
	Heihe	蛤蟆骨朵
	Qiqihar	蛤蟆骨朵
	Harbin	蛤蟆骨朵兒, 蛤蟆骨朵
	Wuchang (Yingchengzi)	蛤蟆骨朵
	Jiamusi	蛤蟆骨朵
	Baicheng	蛤蟆骨朵
	Changchun	蛤蟆骨朵
	Tonghua	蛤蟆骨朵
	Shenyang	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵
	Jinzhou	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆卡子, 蛤蟆骨朵
	Singapore	蝌蚪
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蛤蟆秧子
	Tangshan	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵兒
	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	蛤蟆蝌兒蝌兒
	Baoding	蛤蟆豆兒
	Shijiazhuang	蛤蟆蝌蚪兒
	Lijin	蝌蚪
	Jinan	蛤蟆蝌胎兒, 蛤蟆蝌胎子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	癩蛤蟆鯝子
	Dandong	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆鯝子
	Yantai	哥哥蕩子
	Yantai (Muping)	格格蕩
	Qingdao	蛤蟆疙蕩兒
	Zhucheng	圪圪蕩子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛤蟆圪丁兒
	Lingbao	蛤蟆圪蚪兒
	Jining	蛤蟆蝌胎兒
	Wanrong	蛤蟆圪蚪
	Linfen	圪里圪蚪
	Shangqiu	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨子
	Yuanyang	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆圪瘩
	Zhengzhou	蛤蟆圪蚪
	Xinyang	蛤蟆骨朵
	Baihe	蛤蟆骨朵兒
	Xi'an	蛤蟆骨朵子, 蛤蟆骨朵兒
	Baoji	蛤蟆骨朵
	Tianshui	蛤蟆骨朵
	Xining	丁丁馬杓兒
	Xuzhou	蛤蟆蝌子
	Fuyang	蛤蟆骨朵子, 蛤蟆骨朵
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蛤蟆蚪
	Bayanhot	黑姆肚肚
	Lanzhou	蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子
	Dunhuang	蛤蟆骨朵子
	Hami	蛤蟆骨朵
	Ürümqi	蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蝌蚪, 蝌蚪兒, 蜞螞兒骨朵兒, 娃娃魚
	Nanchong	蝌蚪
	Dazhou	烏貓兒
	Hanyuan	馬屎骨朵兒
	Xichang	蛤蟆骨朵兒
	Zigong	蝌蚪, 擺尾子
	Chongqing	水棒都兒
	Wuhan	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆連
	Yichang	蝌蚪
	Xiangyang	蛤蟆骨朵
	Tianmen	蛤蟆蛉子
	Guiyang	蝌蚪, 棒頭魚, 棒兜魚
	Zunyi	棒兜魚
	Bijie	圪蚪魚
	Liping	蛤蟆骨朵
	Zhaotong	圪蚪魚
	Dali	大頭姑姑
	Kunming	蝌蚪, 大頭魚
	Mengzi	大頭骨碌
	Guilin	蝌蚪
	Guilin (Lingui)	蝌蚪
	Liuzhou	蝌蚪, 蟆𧊅魚
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	蝌蚪
	Nanning (Wuming)	蝌蚪
	Jishou	胡蟆凍兒
	Changde	蛤蟆骨骨兒
	Hanzhong	蝌蚪, 蝌蟆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	田雞烏子, 蛤蟆骨朵
	Yangzhou	蝌蚪, 烏子, 癩猴媽烏子
	Lianyungang	小烏子
	Lianshui	癩烏子
	Nantong	蛤蟆烏子
	Anqing	蝌蚪
	Wuhu	蛤蟆秧子
	Hefei	蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵
	Hong'an	蛤蟆頭
Mandarin	Yongning (Najiahu)	蛤蟆蚪
	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	跟斗蟲
	Nanping (Yanping)	蝌蚪
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝌蚪
	Hong Kong	蝌蚪
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	烏氹仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蛤春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蝌蚪
	Macau	蝌蚪
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	豆豉魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	𧊅𬠖
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蛤𧊅𬠖
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	糖𧊅𬠖
	Foshan	蝌蚪
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蠄蜍魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	蝌蚪
	Foshan (Sanshui)	大肚𬠖
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雷公𧊅
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蝌蚪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	罃盎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蛤仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	盎囊
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	盎囊仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	盎囊
	Taishan	蛤𧊅, 𬠖
	Enping (Niujiang)	蛤鰐
	Heshan (Yayao)	當郎仔
	Dongguan	雷公𧊅
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	罃盎仔
	Qingyuan	蝌蚪
	Fogang	𧊅𬠖仔
	Yangshan	大肚立轆
	Lianshan (Butian)	蛤蠕
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蝌蚪
	Shaoguan	蝌蚪
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蝌蚪
	Renhua	蝌蚪
	Lechang	蝌蚪
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蝌蚪
	Sihui	雷公魚
	Guangning	𬠖伏魚
	Deqing	大頭蛤蠕
	Huaiji	蛤目
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蛤蠕
	Yunfu	蛤目仔
	Luoding	蛤蠕仔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蛤粒
	Yangjiang	蛤蠕仔
	Xinyi	蛤蠕
	Lianjiang	蛤蠕
	Nanning	蝌蚪
	Nanning (Tanka)	蝌蚪
	Wuzhou	豆豉魚
	Yulin	蝌蚪, 大頭魚
	Guiping	蝌蚪
	Guiping (Jintian)	蝌蚪
	Guiping (Mule)	蛤蠕兒
	Pingnan	蛤粒魚
	Mengshan (Xihe)	蛤粒
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	蝌蚪
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	蠄蜍兒
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	蛤儂
	Baise	大頭魚
	Bobai	蛤儂
	Qinzhou	蝌蚪
	Beihai	蝌蚪
	Beihai (Nankang)	蛤蠕
Beihai (Yingpan)	蛤蠕
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蝌蚪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蛤仔
Ningming	蝌蚪
Hengzhou	蝌蚪
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	𧊅蠕, 蝌蚪
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蛤𧊅仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蝌蚪
Móng Cái	蠕
Bangkok (Guangfu)	青蛙仔, ลูกอ๊อด
Betong (Rongxian)	蛤𬠖
Gan	Nanchang	蛤蟆仁子
	Pengze	蛤蟆兒
	Pingxiang	蛤蟆仁
	Liuyang	蛤蟆蟻哩
Hakka	Meixian	𧊅𬠖仔, 𧊅𬠖
	Dabu (Xihe)	大頭𧊅
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雷公𧊅
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	𧊅𬠖
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	𬠖哥仔
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	𬠖牯仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	𧊅𬠖
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	𧊅𬠖
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	𧊅𬠖哩, 𧊅𬠖
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	𧊅𬠖頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	𧊅黃𬠖
	Wengyuan	𧊅婆𬠖
	Liannan	蝦爬𬠖
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	江繭𬠖
	Jiexi	𧊅蛇𬠖
	Luhe	𧊅蝻蠕
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	鴨嫲蛇𧊅
	Changting	蛤蟆鰱鰱
	Longyan (Yongding)	大肚𧊅
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	大頭雞
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	蛤蟆頭
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	大頭雞
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	蛤蟆姑子
	Liancheng (Peitian)	蛤蟆童
	Liancheng (Juxi)	蛤蟆童龜
	Yudu	蛤蟆𬠖子
	Ningdu	蛤蟆頭子
	Ruijin	蛤蟆𬠖子
	Shicheng	蛤蟆團
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蛤蟆𬠖子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蛤蟆𬠖子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蝦爬𬠖子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𧊅𬠖仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𧊅𬠖仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𧊅蠕仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	江雞𬠖, 𧊅𬠖, 細𧊅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𧊅蠕仔, 𧊅蠕, 𧊅𬠖仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨嫲𧊅, 鴨嫲𧊅仔
	Hong Kong	𬠖哥仔, 蝌蚪
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	蛤蟆
	Mashan (Pianlian)	細蛤蟆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蛤蟆仔, 蛤蟆𬠖
	Senai (Huiyang)	𬠖哥仔
	Singkawang	蛤蟆仔
	Bangkok (Meixian)	𧊅𬠖仔
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	蛤蟆豚
Huizhou	Jixi	蛤蟆扣
	Shexian	蛤蟆蚴蚴
Jin	Taiyuan	圪蚪, 圪蚪兒
	Pingyao	麻麻圪蚪蚪, 圪蚪蚪, 彈花槌兒, 大頭卜來來
	Yangyuan	圪蚪子
	Datong	蝌蚪兒
	Xinzhou	蛤蟆圪朵兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	圪努兒
	Changzhi	圪蚪子
	Taibus (Baochang)	蛤蟆格斗斗
	Linhe	圪鳥兒
	Jining	圪蚪, 圪蚪子
	Hohhot	圪蚪子
	Baotou	圪蚪
	Dongsheng	圪捏
	Haibowan	蛤蟆豆
	Erenhot	圪蚪子
	Pingshan	圪蚪兒
	Zhangjiakou	蝌蚪子
	Handan	圪蚪兒
	Linzhou	蛤蟆圪蚪
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蛤蟆盝
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	矮乜儡
	Songxi	洋乜槌
	Zhenghe	洋乜槌
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	洋乜槌
	Jianyang	蛤蟆仔, 洋乜槌
	Wuyishan	洋乜槌
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蛤蟆突
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把啷鼓墜, 蝌蚪
	Fuqing	把啷鼓
Southern Min	Xiamen	蛤胿, 𧌄梅, 烏豆仔
	Quanzhou	烏胿魚, 大頭魚, 𧌄梅
	Jinjiang	肚胿, 蛤胿
	Yongchun	塗糜胿
	Zhangzhou	蛤胿, 大肚胿
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	大肚胿仔
	Zhao'an	蛤牯胿仔
	Taipei	𧌄梅仔, 塗蝛仔, 大肚仔魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𧌄蝛仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	肚胿仔, 𧌄梅
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	肚胿
	Kaohsiung	𧌄胿仔, 肚胿仔, 𧌄蝛仔, 大肚仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𧌄胿仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𧌄蝛仔, 大肚仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𧌄蝛仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	四跤魚仔
	Yilan	咁胿仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	肚胿仔, 大肚娘仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𧌄梅仔
	Taichung	蛤胿仔
	Tainan	大頭鼠仔
	Tainan (Anping)	拱球仔, 大頭𩸶仔, 四跤仔囝
	Hsinchu	𧌄蝛仔
	Kinmen	𧌄梅仔
	Penghu (Magong)	𧌄吪仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𧌄吪仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大頭釘
	Longyan	蛤蟆豚仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	安媽乖
	Datian	蛤蟆槌
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蝌蚪
	Chaozhou	𬠕
	Raoping	丼丼𬠕
	Shantou	蝌蚪, 𬠕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	大頭蛆
	Jieyang	𬠕
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	烏𬠕
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	蛤虯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蛤虯囝
	Leizhou	蛤胿
	Haikou	水鼓囝
Puxian Min	Putian	洋乜角乖
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	紅乜乖
	Xianyou	洋乜乖
	Fuding (Aoyao)	蛤蟆卵
Central Min	Yong'an	蛤蟆槌
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	蛤蟆團兒
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	戽斗囝, 胭盎魚
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	蟆𧊅子
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	蝌蚪
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	蝌蚪
Wu	Shanghai	拿摩溫
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	蛤蟆
	Shanghai (Jiading)	野貓惡, 拿摩溫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	轄毛惡
	Suzhou	蛤蟆
	Wuxi	咸婆婆
	Danyang	海巴烏, 田雞烏 rural
	Hangzhou	大頭魚兒
	Ningbo	烏龜頭蟲, 烏鼻頭蟲
	Wenzhou	蛤蟆蟲子兒
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	蟆卵袋兒
Xiang	Changsha	蛤蟆嫩子, 蝌蚪
	Xiangtan	蟆𧊅綠
	Loudi	蟆蟆唧
	Shuangfeng	秧蟆粒
	Quanzhou	秧蟆𧊅
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	秧蟆𧊅

Dialectal synonyms of 蝌蚪 (“tadpole”) [map]

• (musical note): 音符 (yīnfú), 豆豉 (dòuchǐ), 芽菜 (yácài)

Derived terms

• 蝌蚪文

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蝌蚪):

• → Japanese: 蝌蚪(かと) (kato)
• → Korean: 과두(蝌蚪) (gwadu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝌	蚪
か Hyōgai	と Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蝌蚪 (MC khwa tuwX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かと [káꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠to̞]

• Homophones: 火斗, 河図, 家兎, 過渡

Noun

蝌(か)蚪(と) • (kato) ^{←くわと (kwato)?}

1. Synonym of お玉杓子 (“tadpole”)