tuó

large reptile

Components
口 sound component

  Sound component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 sound component

  Sound component

kǒu

  

mouth

田 unknown component

  Unknown component

tián

  

field

一 unknown component

  Unknown component

  

one

黽 meaning component

  Meaning component

miǎnměngmǐn

  

toad

frog

Evolution

鼉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鼉 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
鼉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鼉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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tuó

large reptile, water lizard; Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ˤar

da

tuó

alligator

*[d]ˤar

dan

tuó

alligator


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5562nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

25

Simplified

Unicode

U+9F09

Shuowen

“鼉,水蟲,似蜥易,長大。从黽,單聲。”


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