Japanese Word Entry
沖螺Kana: | おきにし |
Romaji: | okinishi |
Definition: | warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri) |
Alternative forms: |
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Chinese characters used in this word
沖 | open sea, offing, rise high into sky, pour, infuse, steep, wash away |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄔㄨㄥ (chōng) |
Cantonese: | cung1 |
Japanese: | チュウ (chuu) / おき (oki)、 おきつ (okitsu)、 ちゅう.する (chuusuru)、 わく (waku) |
Korean: | 충 (chung) |
Vietnamese: | trùng, xung, trong |
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: | 冲 |
Semantic variant form: | 冲 |
螺 | small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk, spiral shell, conch, spiral |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄌㄨㄛˊ (luó) |
Cantonese: | lo4 |
Japanese: | ラ (ra) / にし (nishi)、 にな (nina) |
Korean: | 라 (ra), 레 (re), 나 (na) |
Vietnamese: | loa |
Variants
Semantic variant form: | 蠃 |
辛 | spicy, bitter, hot, acrid, toilsome, laborious, 8th heavenly stem, Kangxi radical 160 |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄣ (xīn) |
Cantonese: | san1 |
Japanese: | シン (shin) / から.い (karai)、 つら.い (tsurai)、 -づら.い (-durai)、 かのと (kanoto) |
Korean: | 신 (sin) |
Vietnamese: | tân |