Meaning of 鱷
Writing Sheet
Pinyin è
Phonetic Notation ㄜˋ
Strokes Count27
Radical
Strokes Count without Radical16
Five Stroke CodeQOGK
Cangjie CodeNFMGR
Zheng CodeRCJJ
Stroke Code352512144441225125112512511
Four Corner Code21316
UNICODE9C77
Character FormLeft-right
Basic Interpretation

è ㄜˋ

    鱷同“鰐”。《龍龕手鑑•魚部》:“鱷”,同“鰐”。唐韓愈《鱷魚文》:“鱷魚睅然不安谿潭,據處食民畜熊豕鹿麞。”清魏源《秦淮燈船引》:“燕子磯頭峙猰㺄,朱雀航外横鯨鱷。”
Kangxi Dictionary

【集韻】【正韻】𠀤逆各切,音咢。本作𧍞。亦作鰐。【唐書·韓愈傳】愈至潮,問民疾苦,皆曰:惡溪有鱷魚,食民畜產且盡,民以是窮。數日愈自往視,令其屬秦濟以一羊一豕投溪水而祝之。是夕暴風震電起谿中,數日水盡涸,西徙六十里,自是潮無鱷魚患。【秀水閒居錄】鱷魚之狀,龍吻虎爪,蟹目鼉鱗,尾長數尺,末大如箕,芒刺成鉤,仍自膠黏,多於水濵潛伏,人畜近,以尾擊取,蓋猶象之任鼻也。