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Kanji Detail for 蟾 - "toad, moon, water pitcher"
蟾
- Meaning
蟾 means "toad, moon, water pitcher."
Toad - An amphibian of the family Bufonidae.
Moon - A reference to the legend that a toad lives on the moon.
Water pitcher - A vessel for water.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
toad
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
toad
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking); (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon; (metonym) the moon
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
toad (1)
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
蟾蜍 (toad). A type of frog. See "蛙" for details. | Anciently the dark shadows on the moon were said to be toads. 銀蟾 (silver toad), 明蟾 (bright toad) all refer to the moon.
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