水蚤

Chinese

		water; river	flea
simp. and trad. (水蚤)		水	蚤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐzǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shuǐzǎo [Phonetic: shuízǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitzao
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    水藻
    水蚤

Noun

水蚤

water flea (Daphnia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	蚤
Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 水蚤.

Noun

水蚤 (hiragana みじんこ, katakana ミジンコ, rōmaji mijinko, historical hiragana みぢんこ, historical katakana ミヂンコ)

Alternative spelling of 微塵子 (“water flea”)

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