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<WL>鼍(F鼉) [tuó] Ch. alligator (Alligator sinensis; 扬子鳄) | <WL>鼍(F鼉) [tuó] Ch. alligator (Alligator sinensis; 扬子鳄) | ||
The | 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 wr. of 鼉, and of 战/戰() zhàn ‘battle/war’; cf. 单. | Note: 單 itself is an old abbrev. wr. 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’. | ||
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