螺
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Translingual
Han character
螺 (radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田女火 (LIWVF), four-corner 56193, composition ⿰虫累)
References
- KangXi: page 1095, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33512
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2885, character 5
- Unihan data for U+87BA
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
螺 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms | 蠃 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (畾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 摞 | *roːl, *roːls |
| 騾 | *roːl |
| 螺 | *roːl |
| 蔂 | *roːl, *rul |
| 虆 | *roːl, *rul |
| 瘰 | *roːlʔ |
| 礌 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 雷 | *ruːl |
| 擂 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 攂 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 礧 | *ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls |
| 儡 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls |
| 瓃 | *ruːl, *rul, *ruls |
| 櫑 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ |
| 鑘 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ |
| 鐳 | *ruːl |
| 畾 | *ruːl |
| 轠 | *ruːl, *rulʔ |
| 罍 | *ruːl |
| 蕾 | *ruːlʔ |
| 癗 | *ruːlʔ |
| 磥 | *ruːlʔ |
| 累 | *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols |
| 儽 | *ruːls, *rul |
| 樏 | *rolʔ, *rul |
| 鸓 | *rul, *rulʔ |
| 嫘 | *rul |
| 纍 | *rul, *ruls |
| 欙 | *rul |
| 纝 | *rul |
| 壘 | *rulʔ |
| 櫐 | *rulʔ |
| 蘽 | *rulʔ |
| 藟 | *rulʔ |
| 讄 | *rulʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *roːl) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 累 (OC *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kroj (“shellfish, shell”). From the same root derives 蝸 (OC *kroːl, *kʷroːl, “terrestrial snail”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
螺
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 螺 |
| ら Jinmeiyō |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 螺 (lwa, “conch; spiral”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
Derived terms
- 螺階 (rakai): a spiral staircase
- 螺子 (rashi): a screw (more commonly read as neji)
- 螺旋 (rasen): a spiral
- 螺鈿 (raden): mother of pearl
- 螺杯 (rahai), 螺盃 (rahai): a drinking cup made from the shell of a Turbo marmoratus or green turban snail
- 螺髪 (rahotsu): one of the thirty-two different appearances of Buddha, shown in statuary with a hairstyle consisting of knobby spirals of hair
- 螺髻 (rakei): a hairstyle with the hair wrapped up in a spiral bun similar in shape to a conch shell; a high, verdant mountain
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 螺 |
| つび Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; granule, little roundish bit of something”).[2] May have originally been the standalone form; compare 神 (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and 神 (kami, standalone form).
Pronunciation
Noun
螺 (hiragana つび, rōmaji tsubi)
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 螺 |
| つぶ Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; granule, little roundish bit of something”).[2] May have originally been the combining form; compare 神 (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and 神 (kami, standalone form).
Pronunciation
Noun
- spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
- edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae
- alternate name for 田螺 (tanishi): river snails of family Viviparidae
Derived terms
Etymology 4
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 螺 |
| つみ Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
/t͡subi/ → /t͡sumi/
Shift in pronunciation from tsubi above.
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 5
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 螺 |
| にし Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Previously referred to any shellfish with a spiral shell (see ra above). Now refers more specifically to certain spiral shellfish. More common in compounds.
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- 辛螺
Noun
Derived terms
- 螺肴 (nishizakana): a side dish served at New Years celebrations, made from boiled or stewed 田螺 (tanishi, “river snails of family Viviparidae”)
- 赤螺 (akanishi): Rapana venosa, the veined rapa whelk
- 田螺 (tanishi): river snails of family Viviparidae
- 長螺 (naganishi): tulip snails or spindle snails, marine snails of family Fasciolariidae
- 丸田螺 (marutanishi): Bellamya chinensis or Cipangopaludina chinensis, the Chinese mystery snail, black snail, or trapdoor snail
Synonyms
- 螺 (nina) (see below), 蜷 (nina), 河貝子 (nina)
Etymology 6
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 螺 |
| にな Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese.
Less common spelling in modern Japanese. When written in kanji, more commonly spelled 蜷.
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- 蜷, 蝸螺, 河貝子
Noun
螺 (hiragana にな, rōmaji nina)
- shellfish with a spiral shell
- Short for 川蜷. (kawanina): Semisulcospira libertina, a kind of freshwater snail
Derived terms
- 磯蜷 (isonina): a small edible marine snail of family Buccinidae
- 海蜷 (uminina): Batillaria multiformis, a small edible marine snail
- 川蜷 (kawanina): Semisulcospira libertina, a kind of freshwater snail
References
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
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