# 螻蛄
## Chinese

* 螻蛄

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lóugū
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^4$ gu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lóugū
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lóugu
*** Wade–Giles: lou$^2$-ku$^1$
*** Yale: lóu-gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lougu
*** Palladius: лоугу (lougu)
*** Sinological IPA : /loʊ̯³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lóugūr
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lóugur
*** Wade–Giles: lou$^2$-ku$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: lóu-gūr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lougul
*** Palladius: лоугур (lougur)
*** Sinological IPA : /loʊ̯³⁵ kuɻʷ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Yale: làuh gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²¹ kuː⁵⁵/

### Noun

螻蛄
* mole cricket

#### Synonyms

| 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 :
| 螻 | 蛄 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| irregular ||

### Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 螻蛄／蝼蛄 (lóugū). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) けら [kèrá] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) けら [kèráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [ke̞ɾa̠]
* (Tokyo) おけら [òkérá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞ke̞ɾa̠]

### Noun

螻蛄(けら) or 螻蛄(ケラ) or 螻蛄(おけら) or 螻蛄(オケラ) • (kera or okera)
* a mole cricket

### References

* mole cricket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Gryllotalpa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Gryllotalpa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons