| Chinese Text Project |
| 鼃 U+9F03 | 蛙 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 黽+ 6 strokes = 19 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.93#23 p.94#8 Kangxi: p.1524#10 Cihai: p.1565r2c06 GSR: 879.y Hanyu: v7,p4769#12 |
| Composition: | Top: 圭, bottom: 黽. Compositionally related: 䵷 . |
| Mandarin: | wā ㄨㄚ |
| Cantonese: | waa1 |
| Shuowen: | 《黽部》鼃：蝦蟇也。从𪓑圭聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上平聲·佳·蛙》蛙：蝦蟆屬。烏媧切，二。 《廣韻·上平聲·佳·蛙》鼃：上同。又戸媧切。 《廣韻·上平聲·佳·鼃》鼃：蛙屬。戸媧切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·黽部·六》鼃：《正字通》同䵷。 |
| Fanqie: | 烏花 (《四書章句集注·孟子集注·公孫丑章句下》) 烏媧 (《廣韻·上平聲·佳·蛙》) 戸媧 (《廣韻·上平聲·佳·蛙》) 戸媧 (《廣韻·上平聲·佳·鼃》) |
| Unihan definition: | the edible water-frog |
Example usage
| 《孟子·公孫丑下》: | 孟子謂蚔鼃曰：「子之辭靈丘而請士師，似也，為其可以言也。」 |
| Mencius said to Qi Wa, 'There seemed to be reason in your declining the governorship of Ling Qiu, and requesting to be appointed chief criminal judge, because the latter office would afford you the opportunity of speaking your views.' | |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 化：若鼃為鶉。 |
| For example, a frog becoming a quail. | |
| 《莊子·秋水》: | 公子牟隱机太息，仰天而笑曰：「子獨不聞夫埳井之鼃乎？」 |
| Gong-sun Mou leant forward on his stool, drew a long breath, looked up to heaven, smiled, and said, 'Have you not heard of the frog of the dilapidated well.' | |
| 《說苑·權謀》: | 對曰：「夫勝趙而三分其地，今城未沒者三板，臼竈生鼃，人馬相食，城降有日矣。」 |
| 《論衡·狀留》: | 故曰：「鷰飛輕於鳳皇，兔走疾於麒麟，鼃躍躁於靈龜，虵騰便於神龍。」 |
| 《太玄經·窮》: | 上九，破璧毀圭，曰竈生鼃，天禍以他。 |
| 《焦氏易林·豐之》: | 鳧鼃讙囂，不得安居。 |
| 《說文解字·黽部》: | 黽：鼃黽也。 |
| 《方言·第十二》: | 鼃、律，始也。 |
| 《三國志·王脩傳》: | 孤懼有此空聲冒實，淫鼃亂耳。 |
| 《藝文類聚·雨》: | 《晉成公綏陰霖賦》曰：百川泛濫，潢潦橫流，沉灶生鼃，中庭運舟。 |
| 《四書章句集注》: | 孟子謂蚔鼃曰：「子之辭靈丘而請士師，似也，為其可以言也。」 |
| 《廣韻·蛙》: | 鼃：上同。 |
| 《太平御覽·王莽》: | 此皆亢龍絕氣，非命之運，紫色鼃音蛙聲，餘分位，聖王之驅除云爾！ |
| 《墨子閒詁·經說上》: | 鼃買，句化也 |
| 《康熙字典·十四》: | 𧓑鼃，見《石經孟子》。 |
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