# 蝌蚪
## Chinese

* 蝌蚪 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 蝌蚪 (Cantonese)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kēdǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄉㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fo$^1$ dau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏ-dēu
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kuê$^1$ dao$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kēdǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄉㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kedǒu
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^1$-tou$^3$
*** Yale: kē-dǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kedoou
*** Palladius: кэдоу (kɛdou)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fo$^1$ dau$^2$
*** Yale: fō dáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fo$^1$ dau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fo$^1$ deo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔː⁵⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏ-dēu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$lɛu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kuê$^1$ dao$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khue táu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰue³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: khwa tuwX
Rime :
| Character | 蝌 | 蚪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 苦禾切 | 當口切 |
| Baxter | khwa | tuwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰuɑ/ | /təu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuɑ/ | /təu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuɑ/ | /təu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwa/ | /təw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuɑ/ | /tu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰuɑ/ | /təu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰuɑ/ | /tə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuō | dǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fo$^1$ | dau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːl toːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝌 | 蚪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 4928 | 2453 |
| Phonetic component | 禾 | 斗 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 科 | 斗 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰoːl/ | /*toːʔ/ |
| Notes | 爾雅作科 | 爾雅作科斗 |

### Noun

蝌蚪
* tadpole (toad or frog larva) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Xuán hán xiè yǔ kēdǒu, mò wú néng ruò yě. [Pinyin]
    Then turning round, I see that of the water-worms, crabs, and tadpoles there is not one that can do like me.
* (figurative) musical note

#### Synonyms

* (tadpole):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蝌蚪 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蝌蚪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛤蟆骨朵兒, 蛤蟆蝌子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蝌蚪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蝌蚪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蛤蟆骨朵兒, 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Wuchang (Yingchengzi) | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆卡子, 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蝌蚪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蛤蟆秧子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 蛤蟆蝌兒蝌兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蛤蟆豆兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蛤蟆蝌蚪兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蝌蚪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛤蟆蝌胎兒, 蛤蟆蝌胎子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 癩蛤蟆鯝子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆鯝子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 哥哥蕩子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 格格蕩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蛤蟆疙蕩兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 圪圪蕩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛤蟆圪丁兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蛤蟆圪蚪兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蛤蟆蝌胎兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蛤蟆圪蚪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 圪里圪蚪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆圪瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蛤蟆圪蚪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蛤蟆骨朵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛤蟆骨朵子, 蛤蟆骨朵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 丁丁馬杓兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蛤蟆蝌子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蛤蟆骨朵子, 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蛤蟆蚪 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yongning (Najiahu) | 蛤蟆蚪 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 黑姆肚肚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蛤蟆骨朵子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蛤蟆骨朵, 蛤蟆骨朵子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蝌蚪, 蝌蚪兒, 蜞螞兒骨朵兒, 娃娃魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蝌蚪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 烏貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 馬屎骨朵兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蛤蟆骨朵兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蝌蚪, 擺尾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 水棒都兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆連 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蝌蚪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蛤蟆蛉子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蝌蚪, 棒頭魚, 棒兜魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 棒兜魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 圪蚪魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 圪蚪魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 大頭姑姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蝌蚪, 大頭魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 大頭骨碌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蝌蚪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 蝌蚪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蝌蚪, 蟆𧊅魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 蝌蚪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蝌蚪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 胡蟆凍兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蛤蟆骨骨兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蝌蚪, 蝌蟆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 田雞烏子, 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蝌蚪, 烏子, 癩猴媽烏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 小烏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 癩烏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蛤蟆烏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蝌蚪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蛤蟆秧子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蝌蚪, 蛤蟆骨朵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蛤蟆頭 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 跟斗蟲 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 烏氹仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蛤春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 豆豉魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 𧊅𬠖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蛤𧊅𬠖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 糖𧊅𬠖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蠄蜍魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 大肚𬠖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 雷公𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 罃盎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蛤仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 盎囊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 盎囊仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 盎囊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蛤𧊅, 𬠖 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蛤鰐 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 當郎仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 雷公𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 罃盎仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 𧊅𬠖仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 大肚立轆 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蛤蠕 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 雷公魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 𬠖伏魚 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 大頭蛤蠕 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蛤目 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蛤蠕 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蛤目仔 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蛤蠕仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蛤粒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蛤蠕仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蛤蠕 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蛤蠕 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 豆豉魚 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蝌蚪, 大頭魚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 蛤蠕兒 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 蛤粒魚 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 蛤粒 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 蠄蜍兒 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 蛤儂 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 大頭魚 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 蛤儂 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蛤蠕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蛤蠕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蛤仔 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 𧊅蠕, 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蛤𧊅仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蝌蚪 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蠕 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 青蛙仔, ลูกอ๊อด |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 蛤𬠖 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蛤蟆仁子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 蛤蟆兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蛤蟆仁 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 蛤蟆蟻哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𧊅𬠖仔, 𧊅𬠖 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 大頭𧊅 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 雷公𧊅 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 𧊅𬠖 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 𬠖哥仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 𬠖牯仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 𧊅𬠖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 𧊅𬠖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 𧊅𬠖哩, 𧊅𬠖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 𧊅𬠖頭 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 𧊅黃𬠖 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 𧊅婆𬠖 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蝦爬𬠖 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 江繭𬠖 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 𧊅蛇𬠖 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 𧊅蝻蠕 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 鴨嫲蛇𧊅 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蛤蟆鰱鰱 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 大肚𧊅 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 大頭雞 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 蛤蟆頭 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 大頭雞 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 蛤蟆姑子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 蛤蟆童 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 蛤蟆童龜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蛤蟆𬠖子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 蛤蟆頭子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蛤蟆𬠖子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蛤蟆團 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蛤蟆𬠖子 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蛤蟆𬠖子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蝦爬𬠖子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𧊅𬠖仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𧊅𬠖仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𧊅蠕仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 江雞𬠖, 𧊅𬠖, 細𧊅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𧊅蠕仔, 𧊅蠕, 𧊅𬠖仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鴨嫲𧊅, 鴨嫲𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 𬠖哥仔, 蝌蚪 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 細蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蛤蟆仔, 蛤蟆𬠖 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 𬠖哥仔 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蛤蟆仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 𧊅𬠖仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 蛤蟆豚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蛤蟆扣 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蛤蟆蚴蚴 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圪蚪, 圪蚪兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 麻麻圪蚪蚪, 圪蚪蚪, 彈花槌兒, 大頭卜來來 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 圪蚪子 |
| Jin | Datong | 蝌蚪兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蛤蟆圪朵兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 圪努兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 圪蚪子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 蛤蟆格斗斗 |
| Jin | Linhe | 圪鳥兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 圪蚪, 圪蚪子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 圪蚪子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 圪蚪 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 圪捏 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 蛤蟆豆 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 圪蚪子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 圪蚪兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蝌蚪子 |
| Jin | Handan | 圪蚪兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蛤蟆圪蚪 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蛤蟆盝 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 矮乜儡 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 洋乜槌 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 洋乜槌 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 洋乜槌 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蛤蟆仔, 洋乜槌 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 洋乜槌 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蛤蟆突 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把啷鼓墜, 蝌蚪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 把啷鼓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蛤胿, 𧌄梅, 烏豆仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 烏胿魚, 大頭魚, 𧌄梅 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 肚胿, 蛤胿 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 塗糜胿 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蛤胿, 大肚胿 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 大肚胿仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蛤牯胿仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𧌄梅仔, 塗蝛仔, 大肚仔魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𧌄蝛仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 肚胿仔, 𧌄梅 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 肚胿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𧌄胿仔, 肚胿仔, 𧌄蝛仔, 大肚仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𧌄胿仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 𧌄蝛仔, 大肚仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𧌄蝛仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 四跤魚仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 咁胿仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 肚胿仔, 大肚娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𧌄梅仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蛤胿仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 大頭鼠仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 拱球仔, 大頭𩸶仔, 四跤仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𧌄蝛仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𧌄梅仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𧌄吪仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 𧌄吪仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 大頭釘 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蛤蟆豚仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 安媽乖 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蛤蟆槌 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 蝌蚪 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 𬠕 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 丼丼𬠕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蝌蚪, 𬠕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 大頭蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 𬠕 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 烏𬠕 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 蛤虯 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蛤虯囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蛤胿 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 水鼓囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 洋乜角乖 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 紅乜乖 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 洋乜乖 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 蛤蟆卵 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蛤蟆槌 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 蛤蟆團兒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 戽斗囝, 胭盎魚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 蟆𧊅子 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 蝌蚪 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 蝌蚪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拿摩溫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 蛤蟆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 野貓惡, 拿摩溫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 轄毛惡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蛤蟆 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 咸婆婆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 海巴烏, 田雞烏 rural |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 大頭魚兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 烏龜頭蟲, 烏鼻頭蟲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蛤蟆蟲子兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 蟆卵袋兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛤蟆嫩子, 蝌蚪 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 蟆𧊅綠 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蟆蟆唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 秧蟆粒 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 秧蟆𧊅 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 秧蟆𧊅 |
* (musical note): 音符 (yīnfú), 豆豉 (dòuchǐ), 芽菜 (yácài)

#### Derived terms

* 蝌蚪文

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 蝌蚪(かと) (kato)
* → Korean: 과두(蝌蚪) (gwadu)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 蝌 | 蚪 |
| か Hyōgai | と Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蝌蚪 (MC khwa tuwX).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かと [káꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ka̠to̞]
* Homophones: 火斗, 河図, 家兎, 過渡

### Noun

蝌(か)蚪(と) • (kato)
* Synonym of お玉杓子 (otamajakushi, “tadpole”)

## Vietnamese
### Noun

蝌蚪
* chữ Hán form of khoa đẩu (“tadpole”).