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蛸

Mandarin · pinyin shāo#

octopus
used in 蠨蛸 xiāo shāo and 肖蛸 xiāo shāo

Mandarin · pinyin xiāo#

used in 螵蛸 piāo xiāo

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蛸: shāo · long legged spider; octopus; chrysalis of mantis

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1 · shao1

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saau1 · siu1

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used in 螵蛸 (piāoxiāo, “ootheca of a mantis”)
a surname

character

only used in 蠨蛸／蟏蛸 (xiāoshāo, “long-jawed spider (Tetragnathidae)”)

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octopus; cuttlefish

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