馋嘴蛙 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chánzuǐwā

spicy bullfrog

chán gluttonous Simplified

Components

饣 Sound component

shí eat

eat

兔 Unknown component

tù rabbit

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Readings & variants: Unicode

zuǐ mouth

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 觜 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

觜 Sound Meaning component

zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔseʔ
Unicode	tziuɛ̌

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

wā frog

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鼃.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

圭 Sound component

guī jade pointed at top

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'wae	qʷˤre (MC -ae for -ea)	frog
	'wea	qʷˤre	frog
	hwae	m-qʷˤre (MC -ae for -ea)	frog
	hwea	m-qʷˤre	frog
Zhengzhang		qʷraː
		qʷreː
Unicode	qua

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

chán gluttonous Traditional

Components

飠 Meaning component

eat

毚 Sound component

chán cunning

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		zrɯːm
Unicode	jrhæm

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

馋 chán gluttonous Simplified

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嘴 zuǐ mouth

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蛙 wā frog

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饞 chán gluttonous Traditional

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chán gluttonous Simplified

zuǐ mouth

wā frog

chán gluttonous Traditional