See also: 蜗牛

Chinese

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land snail ox; cow; bull
trad. (蝸牛)
simp. (蜗牛)
 
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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (28) (28) (31)
Final () (32) (99) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open
Division () II II III
Fanqie
Baxter kwea kwae ngjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠuɛ/ /kˠua/ /ŋɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæ/ /kʷᵚa/ /ŋiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuæi/ /kua/ /ŋiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwaɨj/ /kwaɨ/ /ŋuw/
Li
Rong
/kuɛ/ /kua/ /ŋiu/
Wang
Li
/kwai/ /kwa/ /ŋĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwai/ /kwa/ /ŋi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guā guā yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwaai1 gwaa1 ngau4

Noun

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蝸牛

  1. land snail

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
ぎゅう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 蝸牛蜗牛 (kwæ ngjuw, literally snail + cow).

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Noun

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()(ぎゅう) (kagyūくわぎう (kwagiu)?

  1. a snail
  2. (anatomy) cochlea
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
Hyōgai Grade: 2
irregular

Alteration of katatsuburi, in turn a compound of (kata, stem of adjective 固い (katai, hard)) + つぶり (tsuburi, small round thing, cognate with (tsuburi, head), (tsubu, grain or kernel of rice)).[2][1]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

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Noun

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蝸牛(かたつむり) or 蝸牛(カタツムリ) (katatsumuri

  1. a snail
    • 1999 March 18, “デビルツムリ [Devilsnail]”, in Starter Box(スターターボックス), Konami:
      (やみ)(ちから)(しん)()したカタツムリ()(あし)があり、(はや)(うご)ける。
      Yami no chikara de shinka shita katatsumuri. Te ya ashi ga ari, hayaku ugokeru.
      A snail that evolved with the help of dark power. It can move quickly now that it has limbs.
    • 2000 April 20, “メカニカルスネイル [Mechanical Snail]”, in Magic Ruler -魔法の支配者-, Konami:
      ()(かい)(かい)(ぞう)されたカタツムリ。しかし、スピードはあまり()わらない。
      Kikai ni kaizō sareta katatsumuri. Shikashi, supīdo wa amari kawaranai.
      A snail that was mechanically enhanced, which didn’t make it any quicker.
Usage notes
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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カタツムリ.

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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
Hyōgai Grade: 2
irregular

Alteration of ででむし (dedemushi, snail), itself a compound of でで (dede, from (de, come out), from an old children's nursery rhyme calling for a snail to put out its eyestalks) + (mushi, bug).[2][1]

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Noun

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蝸牛(でんでんむし) (dendenmushi

  1. a snail

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Compounds with irregular readings

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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蝸牛 (wau) (hangeul 와우)

  1. hanja form? of 와우 (snail)