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Kanji Detail for 蚪 - "tadpole"

蚪

  • Meaning

    蚪 means "tadpole."

    1. Tadpole - The larval stage of a frog (used in compound 蝌蚪).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tadpole

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tadpole

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 蝌蚪[ke1 dou3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tadpole

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    蝌蚪 (tadpole). The larva of frogs. Head is round and large. Tail is thin. Color is black. In spring, swims in water. Later, lungs develop and gills wither. Four limbs grow and tail falls off. Thus it becomes a frog. | Ancient script that resembles tadpoles is called 蝌蚪文 (tadpole script). Also written as 科斗.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    虫 (mushi・mushihen)

  • Related Keywords

    tadpole larval stage frog

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