蜥蜴

Chinese
phonetic
simp. and trad.
(蜥蜴)		 蜥 蜴
variant forms 蜥易

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 蜥 蜴
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 錫 (127) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 先擊切 羊益切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sek̚/ /jiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sek̚/ /jiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sɛk̚/ /iæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɛjk̚/ /jiajk̚/
Li
Rong		 /sek̚/ /iɛk̚/
Wang
Li		 /siek̚/ /jĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /siek̚/ /i̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xi yì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蜴
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yek ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lek/
English lizard

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜥 蜴
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13318 15036
Phonetic
component		 析 易
Rime
group		 錫 錫
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 錫 繹
Old
Chinese		 /*seːɡ/ /*leɡ/

Noun

蜥蜴

  1. lizard

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蜥蜴 (“lizard”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蜥蜴
Taxonomic name 蜥蜴
Mandarin Beijing 蜥蜴
Taiwan 蜥蜴
Jinan 馬蛇子
Muping 馬蛇子
Xuzhou 蛇立子
Lanzhou 大頭蠍虎子, 蠍虎子
Ürümqi 麻蛇子, 蜥蜴, 四腳蛇
Wuhan 四腳蛇
Guiyang 四腳蛇
Liuzhou 草龍, 四腳蛇
Yangzhou 四腳蛇
Cantonese Guangzhou 四腳蛇
Hong Kong 蜥蜴
Dongguan 四腳蛇
Gan Nanchang 四腳蛇
Lichuan 旋官
Pingxiang 狗貓蛇, 狗尾巴蛇
Hakka Meixian 四腳蛇, 狗嫲蛇
Xingning 狗嫲蛇
Huidong (Daling) 簷蛇
Qujiang 狗嫲蛇
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 狗嫲蛇
Changting 狗嫲蛇
Pingyu 狗嫲蛇
Wuping 狗嫲蛇
Liancheng 伯公蛇
Ninghua 田坎蛇
Yudu 狗婆蛇
Ruijin 狗婆蛇子
Shicheng 田坎蛇, 狗尾蛇
Shangyou 狗婆蛇
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
Liudui (S. Sixian) 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太, 大頭確
Hsinchu (Hailu) 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
Dongshi (Dabu) 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
Hsinchu (Raoping) 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 赤龍公, 死頭確
Huizhou Jixi 纏龍
Jin Pingyao 蛇次兒
Xinzhou 蛇獅哥, 蛇獅子
Min Bei Jian'ou 四跤蛇
Min Dong Fuzhou 杜墊
Min Nan Xiamen 四跤杜定, 杜定, 四跤蛇
Quanzhou 土地公蛇, 四跤媽
Zhangzhou 四跤杜定, 杜定, 四跤蛇
Taipei 四跤仔杜定
Kaohsiung 杜定, 咕咕公
Tainan 四跤蛇, 杜定
Taichung 杜定
Hsinchu 杜定, 狗母蛇
Lukang 竹虎, 杜定
Sanxia 四跤杜定, 四跤蛇仔
Yilan 四跤蛇仔, 杜定
Kinmen 杜定
Magong 杜定
Haikou 四跤蛇
Wu Shanghai 四腳蛇
Hangzhou 四腳蛇
Chongming 四腳蛇
Danyang 四腳蛇
Jinhua 蛇鰍
Tangxi 山鰍
Ningbo 四腳蛇
Xiang Changsha 四腳蛇
Loudi 四腳蛇

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蜥 蜴
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 戸 (to, “door”) + 陰 (kage, “shadow”), as lizards are thought to be crawling on doors and their dark coloring can be mistaken for their shadow. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 蜥蜴.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

蜥蜴 (hiragana とかげ, katakana トカゲ, rōmaji tokage)

  1. a skink (lizard of family Scincidae)
    Synonym: スキンク (sukinku)
  2. (by extension) any lizard
    • 1999 July 22, “鎧蜥蜴アーマー・リザード [Armor Lizard]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
      かたい体 (からだ)のトカゲ。大 (おお)きな口 (くち)で噛 (か)みつかれたら、ひとたまりもないぞ。
      Katai karada no tokage. Ōkina kuchi de kamitsukaretara, hitotamari mo nai zo.
      A lizard with a hard body. He bites off things easily with his huge mouth.
    • 1999 July 22, “古こ代だいのトカゲ戦せん士し [Ancient Lizard Warrior]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
      太 (たい)古 (こ)の、昔 (むかし)の姿 (すがた)そのままのトカゲの戦 (せん)士 (し)。意 (い)外 (がい)に強 (つよ)いぞ。
      Taiko no, mukashi no sugata sono mama no tokage no senshi. Igai ni tsuyoi zo.
      This lizard warrior looks as ancient as he ever has since time immemorial. He is also surprisingly strong.
    • 2000 April 1, “ワイバーンの戦せん士し [Wyvern Warrior]”, in LIMITED EDITION 2, Konami:
      剣 (けん)技 (ぎ)にすぐれたトカゲ人 (にん)間 (げん)。音 (おと)の速 (はや)さで剣 (けん)をふるう。
      Kengi ni sugureta tokage ningen. Oto no hayasa de ken o furuu.
      A lizard man who excels at swordsmanship. He swings his sword at sound speed.
    Synonym: リザード (rizādo)

Derived terms
Derived terms

Idioms

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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