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<WL>鼍(F鼉) [tuó] Ch. alligator (Alligator sinensis; 扬子鳄) | <WL>鼍(F鼉) [tuó] 鼍龙 Ch. alligator (Alligator sinensis; 扬子鳄) | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 鼍/鼉() tuó ‘alligator’ combines 黾/黽() měng ‘frog/amphibian’, and 單() dān ‘great (beast)’ (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. 𬶛/鱓(); alligator skin was used to make (war) drums (SW). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 鼍/鼉() tuó ‘alligator’ combines 黾/黽() měng ‘frog/amphibian’, and 單() dān ‘great (beast)’ (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. 𬶛/鱓(); alligator skin was used to make (war) drums (SW). | ||
Note: 單 itself is an old abbrev | Note: The character 單 itself is an old abbrev. of 鼉, and of 战/戰() zhàn ‘battle/war’; cf. 单. | ||
Note: In the modern forms 鼍/鼉 the top component 單 is not simplified to 单. | Note: In the modern forms 鼍/鼉 the top component 單 is not simplified to 单. | ||
Compare: 兽/獸(嘼) shòu ‘beast’. | Compare: 兽/獸(嘼) shòu ‘beast’. | ||
Compare: 鳄/鱷 è ‘crocodile’, formerly wr. 𧊜(), and later 鰐. | |||
Note: Some species of alligator (鼍科 Alligatoridae) are refered to as 鳄. | |||
Compare: 鼍龙=扬子鳄 (Alligator sinensis); 密河鳄 (Alligator mississippiensis); 凯门鳄属 (Caiman). | |||
#rD.7.4771.6 B.442.1.04 E.0 | #rD.7.4771.6 B.442.1.04 E.0 | ||
#c黾吅口电田 | #c黾吅口电田 | ||
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