鼍

鼍 · tuó

large reptile, water lizard

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
tuó
Cantonese
to4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

large reptile, water lizard

Dictionary definitions & readings

鼍 tuó · see 鼉龍 tuó lóng

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1174.030:tuó Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
376.040:tuó Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XRRWM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6671 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1525.071 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9F0D
Radical
黾 · 205
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6430

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
鼍
Strokes
20
Convention
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Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鼉

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
74771.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74771.060
kIRGKangXi
1525.071
kKangXi
1525.071
kCangjie
XRRWM
kFourCornerCode
6671
kPhonetic
1294*
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G0-763E
kRSUnicode
205'.12
kTotalStrokes
20
kCCCII
295F2B
kEACC
295F2B
kGB0
8630
kMainlandTelegraph
7842
kTGH
2013:6430
kCantonese
to4
kDefinition
large reptile, water lizard
kMandarin
tuó
kTGHZ2013
376.040:tuó
kXHC1983
1174.030:tuó
kTraditionalVariant
U+9F09

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 鼍0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
嘼 above 电 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱嘼电$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱嘼电$(G)

^⿳㽞一黾$(X)

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