鼂
cháoCháo

a kind of sea turtle

Components

旦
旦 Unknown component
dàn dawn
黽
黽 Meaning component
toad, frog

toad

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangr'ew

說文解字

匽鼂也。讀若朝。楊雄說：匽鼂，蟲名。杜林以爲朝旦，非是。从黽从旦。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鼌 cháo Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode