# 蟆

| 蟆 | U+87C6, &#34758; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87C6 |
| ← 蟅 [U+87C5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟇 → [U+87C7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿日大 (LITAK), four-corner 4413$_6$, composition ⿰虫莫)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33542
* Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 17
* Unihan data for U+87C6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蟆
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 蟆 | *mraː |
| 鬕 | *mraːɡs |
| 饃 | *maːl |
| 模 | *maː |
| 摸 | *maː, *maːɡ |
| 嫫 | *maː |
| 謨 | *maː |
| 膜 | *maː, *maːɡ |
| 摹 | *maː |
| 暮 | *maːɡs |
| 慕 | *maːɡs |
| 募 | *maːɡs |
| 墓 | *maːɡs |
| 慔 | *maːɡs |
| 莫 | *maːɡ |
| 寞 | *maːɡ |
| 漠 | *maːɡ |
| 幕 | *maːɡ |
| 鏌 | *maːɡ |
| 瘼 | *maːɡ |
| 鄚 | *maːɡ |
| 瞙 | *maːɡ |
| 嗼 | *maːɡ, *mraːɡ |
| 塻 | *maːɡ |
| 貘 | *mraːɡ |
| 驀 | *mraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraː) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): má (ma$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maa$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: má → ma (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ → ˙ㄇㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: må
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^5$
*** Yale: ma
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ma
*** Palladius: ма (ma)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä³⁵/ → /mä/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^4$
*** Yale: màh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː²¹/
* Middle Chinese: mae
Rime :
| Character | 蟆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫霞切 |
| Baxter | mae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ma/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ma/ |
| Wang Li | /ma/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ma/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | má |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maa$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mraː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9238 |
| Phonetic component | 莫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 麻 |
| Old Chinese | /*mraː/ |

#### Definitions

蟆
* frog; toad
    From: 蘇軾, 蝦蟆培
    Má bèi sì fùyú, má yí rú yǎnyuè. [Pinyin]
    The back of the frog is like an inverted basin; the cheeks of the frog are as a crescent moon.

### Compounds

* 哈士蟆
* 癩蛤蟆／癞蛤蟆 (làiháma)
* 蛤蟆 (háma)
* 蛤蟆吵坑
* 蛤蟆子
* 蛤蟆蹲
* 蛤蟆陵

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蟆 – see 𧕥 (“small mosquito”). (This character is a variant form of 𧕥).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03675

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* toad

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ば (ba)、ま (ma)、ばく (baku)
* Kun: がま (gama, 蟆)、ぶと (buto, 蟆)、くく (kuku)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蟆: Hán Nôm readings: mô, mò
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