# 蠔

| 蠔 | U+8814, &#34836; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8814 |
| ← 蠓 [U+8813] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠕 → [U+8815] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠔 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜口人 (LIYRO), four-corner 5013$_2$, composition ⿰虫豪)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1100, character 49
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33748
* Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2900, character 21
* Unihan data for U+8814

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 虫 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): háo (hao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hò
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): o$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ghau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: háo
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: háo
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^2$
*** Yale: háu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
*** Palladius: хао (xao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^4$
*** Yale: hòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hau²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hau¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ho⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô
*** Tâi-lô: ô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /o²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /o²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /o¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /o²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: o$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ô
*** Sinological IPA : /o⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ghau
*** MiniDict: ghau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɔ²³/

### Definitions

蠔
* oyster (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 粒 c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 牡蠣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蠔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蠔 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 海蠣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠔, 生蠔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蠔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 生蠔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蚵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蚵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠣黃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 八蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 蠣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蠔, 水生 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 蠔仔 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蠔, 水生, 水魚 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蚮, 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蚮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蠣黃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠣膏 |

### Compounds

* 生蠔 / 生蚝 (shēngháo)
* 蠔場 / 蚝场
* 蠔山 / 蚝山
* 蠔房 / 蚝房
* 蠔殼 / 蚝壳
* 蠔殼窗 / 蚝壳窗
* 蠔油 / 蚝油 (háoyóu)
* 蠔浦 / 蚝浦
* 蠔烙 / 蚝烙 (háolào)
* 蠔煎 / 蚝煎 (háojiān)
* 蠔珠 / 蚝珠
* 蠔甲 / 蚝甲
* 蠔田 / 蚝田 (háotián)
* 蠔白 / 蚝白
* 蠔莆 / 蚝莆
* 蠔蠣 / 蚝蛎
* 蠔豉 / 蚝豉 (háochǐ)
* 蠣蠔 / 蛎蚝

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: かき (kaki)

## Korean
### Hanja

蠔 • (ho) (hangeul 호, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* 蠔殼 (호각)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠔: Hán Nôm readings: hào, hàu, hầu
* oyster