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Kanji Detail for 蛟 - "water dragon"
蛟
- Meaning
蛟 means "water dragon."
Water dragon - A mythical creature resembling a dragon or serpent associated with water.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dragon
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
scaly dragon with four legs
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
a legendary scaled dragon
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Anciently 蛟 was considered a type of dragon. Could cause great floods. Called 蛟水 (dragon flood). Actually excessive continuous rain causes water to accumulate in mountain bellies. Suddenly breaking through. Pangolins and the like flow down with the water.
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