# 鰐

| 鰐 | U+9C10, &#39952; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C10 |
| ← 鰏 [U+9C0F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鰑 → [U+9C11] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鰐 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火口口尸 (NFRRS), composition ⿰魚咢)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46337
* Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 28
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4701, character 18
* Unihan data for U+9C10

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 斥 | *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ |
| 訴 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 泝 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 愬 | *sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ |
| 遡 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 塑 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 溯 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 遻 | *ŋaːɡs |
| 柝 | *tŋ̊ʰaːɡ |
| 鶚 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 諤 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 齶 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鍔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 遌 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 崿 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 偔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 堮 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 湂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鱷 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 噩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 咢 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鑩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鄂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鰐 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 萼 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 愕 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 顎 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 朔 | *sŋraːɡ |
| 槊 | *sraːwɢ |
| 蒴 | *sraːwɢ |
| 坼 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 拆 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 逆 | *ŋraɡ |
| 屰 | *ŋraɡ |
| 縌 | *ŋraɡ |
| 蝷 | *reːɡ |

### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鰐 – see 鱷 (“crocodilian; crocodile; alligator”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 鱷).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 鰐 |
| Kyūjitai | 鱷 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鱷)
* alligator, crocodile
* a shark or other large dangerous fish

#### Readings

* Go-on: がく (gaku)
* Kan-on: がく (gaku)
* Kun: わに (wani, 鰐)

#### Compounds

* 鰐(がく)魚(ぎょ) (gakugyo): crocodilian; large, dangerous fish
* 鰐(がく)淵(えん)寺(じ) (gakuenji): a Tiantai Buddhist temple in Shimane Prefecture

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鰐
* わに Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. Derivation uncertain. Appears in the Kojiki in ambiguous reference to a kind of sea creature (possibly sharks or crocodiles). The sense of crocodile clearly appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō dictionary (938) with an explanation of “having four legs like a turtle and a three-foot mouth with sharp teeth.”
Various theories exist regarding the term's origin, such as an alteration of 鬼 (oni, “demon, devil”), or an abbreviation of 海主 (watanushi, “sea master, sea god”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) わに [wáꜜnì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [β̞a̠ɲ̟i]

### Noun

鰐(わに) • (wani)
* ワニ: crocodilian (crocodile, alligator, gavial)
** 1999 October 17, “クロコダイラス [Crocodilus]”, in Booster 5, Konami:
    知(ち)恵(え)を持(も)ちさらに狂(きょう)暴(ぼう)化(か)したワニ。かたいうろこで攻(こう)撃(げき)をはじく。
       Chie o mochi sara ni kyōbōka shita wani. Katai uroko de kōgeki o hajiku.
       A frenzied crocodilian who’s actually quite intelligent. He repels attacks with his hard scales.
* (obsolete) a shark or other large and dangerous fish
** 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō, volume 9, page 2:鰐 五各反 和尓(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ワニ.

#### Derived terms

* 鰐(わに)の口(くち) (wani no kuchi): "the alligator's mouth" → an extremely dangerous place or situation
* 鰐(わに)口(ぐち) (waniguchi): a crocodile's or alligator's mouth; a terrible rumor; someone with a physically large mouth; a wide bronze bell rung with a rope and hung at shrines; part of a Japanese saddle; (slang) the female genitalia; (slang) a coin purse
* 鰐(わに)口(ぐち)草(そう) (waniguchisō): a perennial plant in the lily family, possibly related to Polygonatum
* 鰐(わに)鮫(ざめ) (wanizame): an alligator or crocodile; a shark or other large dangerous fish
* 鰐(わに)千(ち)鳥(どり) (wanichidori):a crocodile bird or Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius
* 鰐(わに)足(あし) (waniashi): knock knees, bowlegs
* 鰐(わに)皮(がわ) (wanigawa): crocodile or alligator skin or hide
* 鰐(わに)鱶(ぶか) (wanibuka): an alligator or crocodile; a shark or other large dangerous fish
* 白(しろ)鰐(わに) (shirowani): a sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus
* 大(おお)鰐(わに)鮫(ざめ) (ōwanizame): a smalltooth sand tiger, Odontaspis ferox
* 水(みず)鰐(わに) (mizuwani): a crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai

#### Idioms

* 鰐(わに)の口(くち)を逃(のが)れる (wani no kuchi o nogareru): "to escape the alligator's mouth" → to escape an extremely dangerous place or situation

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Shōjū with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (898–901) Shinsen Jikyō (Zōteiban) (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 15 December 1967, →ISBN.

## Korean
### Hanja

鰐 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)
* (악어) crocodile, alligator

#### Synonyms

* 鱷 (악, ag)

#### Compounds

* 鰐魚 (악어, ag-eo) crocodile, alligator

#### See also

* 鯢 (예, ye) salamander