# 蝲蛄
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 蝲蝲蛄?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): làgǔ, làgū
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
* Jin (Wiktionary): lah$^4$ gu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: làgǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: làgǔ
*** Wade–Giles: la$^4$-ku$^3$
*** Yale: là-gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahguu
*** Palladius: лагу (lagu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: làgū
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: làgu
*** Wade–Giles: la$^4$-ku$^1$
*** Yale: là-gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahgu
*** Palladius: лагу (lagu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lah$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /laʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ku¹¹/

### Noun

蝲蛄
* crayfish
* (Jin) mole cricket

#### Synonyms

* (crayfish): 小龍蝦／小龙虾 (xiǎolóngxiā)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 螻蛄, 𧕱, 螻螲 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螻蛄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螻蛄, 土狗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螻蛄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螻蛄, 海陸空 humorous |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螻蛄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 地狗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螻蛄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 土狗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 土狗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 土狗兒, 土狗, 土狗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 土狗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 土狗崽, 土狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 土狗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 土狗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 土狗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 土狗兒, 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 草狗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 土狗子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 土狗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 土狗仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 土狗哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 土八仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 土猴子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 土狗 |
| Hakka | Changting | 土猴哩, 土狗 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 土狗 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 兔狗子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 土狗子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蝲蛄 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蝲蛄 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蝲蛄 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 沙猴仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塗犬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塗犬, 地鹿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 塗猴 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 塗猴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𫋐猴 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螻蛄, 油葫蘆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 螻蛄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 螻蛄 |
| Wu | Danyang | 地鱉狗子, 土狗 suburbs |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 地狗兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 地狗, 游蛄 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 土狗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 土狗, 水狗兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 土狗子 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 蝲 | 蛄 |
| ざりがに ||
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spellings
* 蜊蛄 躄蟹

### Etymology

From 砂利(ざり) (zari, “gravel”) + 蟹(かに) (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ざりがに [zàrígání] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡za̠ɾʲiɡa̠ɲ̟i]

### Noun

蝲蛄(ざりがに) or 蝲蛄(ザリガニ) • (zarigani)
* a crayfish (freshwater crustacean resembling lobster)

### See also

* 蟹(カニ) (kani)