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蟆
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frog (iii)

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
ma
バ、マ
ひき
마
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蟇.
Components
虫 insects+ 莫 nobody =
蟆 frog (iii)
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
莫 Phonetic component
mò nobody
do not, is not, can not
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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)
蟆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蟆 [má]
toad
Japanese
蚋 、 蟆子 、 蟆 ぶゆ 、 ぶよ 、 ぶと 、 ブユ 同音
noun usually kana black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
蟇 、 蟇蛙 、 蟾蜍 、 蝦蟇 、 蟾 、 蝦蟆 、 蟆 ひきがえる 、 ひき 、 がまがえる 、 がま 、 かま (old) 、 ヒキガエル 、 ガマガエル 同音
noun usually kana toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
カエルとヒキガエルの区別が出来ない。
I can't distinguish a frog from a toad.
CHINESE WORDS (11)
蛤蟆 [há​ma] #17,581
frog
癞蛤蟆 [lài​há​ma] #20,535
toad
癞蛤蟆 [lài​há​ma] #20,535
toad
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 [lài​há​ma​xiǎng​chī​tiān​'é​ròu] #59,032
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 [lài​há​ma​xiǎng​chī​tiān​'é​ròu] #59,032
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
虾蟆 [há​ma] #62,165
variant of 蛤蟆[há​ma]
虾蟆 [há​ma] #62,165
variant of 蛤蟆[há​ma]
哈士蟆 [hā​shì​má]
Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu)
蛤蟆夯 [há​ma​hāng]
power-driven rammer or tamper
蛤蟆镜 [há​ma​jìng]
aviator sunglasses
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JAPANESE WORDS (3)
蟇 [ひきがえる] #56,019
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
蚋 [ぶゆ] #126,092
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae)
谷蟆 [たにぐく]
Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus)