# 螯

| 螯 | U+87AF, &#34735; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AF |
| ← 螮 [U+87AE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螰 → [U+87B0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI) or 手大中一戈 (QKLMI) or 難土大中一 (XGKLM), four-corner 4813$_6$, composition ⿱敖虫)
* nippers, pincers, claws (of crustaceans)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 53
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33496
* Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 7
* Unihan data for U+87AF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 熬 | *ŋaːw, *qaːw |
| 敖 | *ŋaːw |
| 嗷 | *ŋaːw |
| 螯 | *ŋaːw |
| 聱 | *ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw |
| 驁 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 鰲 | *ŋaːw |
| 遨 | *ŋaːw |
| 獒 | *ŋaːw |
| 滶 | *ŋaːw |
| 蔜 | *ŋaːw |
| 鷔 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 鼇 | *ŋaːw |
| 謷 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw |
| 嶅 | *ŋaːw |
| 嗸 | *ŋaːw |
| 摮 | *ŋaːw |
| 嫯 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 鏊 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 傲 | *ŋaːws |
| 磝 | *ŋraːw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːw): phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 虫 (“insect”) – part of an insect, its pincers.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): áo (ao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou$^4$ / gong$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: áo
*** Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: áo
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^2$
*** Yale: áu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngou$^4$ / gong$^6$
*** Yale: ngòuh / gohng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngou$^4$ / gong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngou$^4$ / gong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋou̯²¹/, /kɔːŋ²²/
* Middle Chinese: ngaw
Rime :
| Character | 螯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五勞切 |
| Baxter | ngaw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋaw/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | áo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 41 |
| Phonetic component | 敖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敖 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːw/ |

### Definitions

螯
* pincer; chela; nipper; claw
    Synonym: 鉗 / 钳 (qián)
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shé shàn zhī xué wú kě jìtuō zhě, yòngxīn zào yě. [Pinyin]
    The crab has six feet and two pincers, yet without the dens of snakes and eels, it has no place to take shelter. This is because its mind is impatient.

#### Compounds

* 大螯蝦 / 大螯虾 (dà'áoxiā)
* 持螯
* 甘氏巨螯蟹 (gānshìjù'áoxiè)
* 畢卓持螯 / 毕卓持螯
* 蟹螯 (xiè'áo)
* 車螯 / 车螯

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* claws

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: ごう (gō)
* Kun: はさみ (hasami, 螯)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 螯
* はさみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 螯 – see the following entry. :
| 【鋏はさみ】H | [noun] a (pair of) scissors [noun] 螯, ハサミ: (zootomy) pincers, claws, or chela as found on a crab, lobster, or other arthropod [noun] a punch as used to make a hole in a piece of paper Alternative spellings ハサミ, 剪刀, 鉗 |
(This term, 螯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Vietnamese
### Han character

螯: Hán Nôm readings: ngao
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