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蛸
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long legged spider

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
shāo, xiāo
ソウ、ショウ
たこ
소
Components
虫 insects+ 肖 resemble =
蛸 long legged spider
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
mollusk
肖 Phonetic component
xiào resemble
look like, resemble, be like
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蛸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蛸 [shāo]
long-legged spider
蛸 [xiāo]
see 螵蛸[piāo​xiāo]
Japanese
蛸 、 章魚 (rare) 、 鮹 (rare) たこ 、 タコ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana octopus
  2. usually kanacolloquial fool; idiot
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
食べられることなくそのたこは、海に帰ったのであった。
That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten.
Japanese Names
蛸 たこ
Tako surname
CHINESE WORDS (7)
海螵蛸 [hǎi​piāo​xiāo] #63,149
cuttlebone (used in TCM)
肖蛸 [xiāo​shāo]
variant of 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiāo​shāo]
螵蛸 [piāo​xiāo]
egg case of a praying mantis (used in TCM)
蟏蛸 [xiāo​shāo]
long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae)
蟏蛸满室 [xiāo​shāo​mǎn​shì]
The room is filled with cobwebs. (idiom)
蟏蛸 [xiāo​shāo]
long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae)
蟏蛸满室 [xiāo​shāo​mǎn​shì]
The room is filled with cobwebs. (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (35)
⭐ たこ焼き [たこやき] #14,399
takoyaki
⭐ 蛸 [たこ] #32,655
octopus
茹でタコ [ゆでだこ] #79,162
boiled octopus
大だこ [おおだこ] #100,170
giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
蛸足 [たこあし] #102,879
many-legged
蛸の足 [たこのあし] #105,972
Penthorum chinense (species of saxifrage)
引っ張りだこ [ひっぱりだこ] #106,208
being very popular
蛸壺 [たこつぼ] #110,575
octopus pot
たこ焼き器 [たこやきき] #117,132
takoyaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds)
タコ足配線 [タコあしはいせん] #153,302
overloading an electrical circuit
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