Japanese Word Entry

沖螺
Kana:おきにし
Romaji:okinishi
Definition: warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
Alternative forms:
  • 沖辛螺 【 おきにし (okinishi) 】

  • オキニシ (okinishi)


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Chinese characters used in this word

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:
Semantic variant form:

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:

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