螺

螺 (radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田女火 (LIWVF), four-corner 5619₃, composition ⿰虫累)

• KangXi: page 1095, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33512
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2885, character 5
• Unihan data for U+87BA

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *roːl) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 累 (OC *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kroj (“shellfish, shell”). From the same root derives 蝸 (OC *kroːl, *kʷroːl, “terrestrial snail”).

螺

1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, 蝸)
2. whorl; swirl; spiral

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. spiral-shaped shellfish

• Go-on: ら (ra)
• Kan-on: ら (ra)
• Kun: つぶ (tsubu, 螺); つび (tsubi, 螺); つみ (tsumi, 螺); にし (nishi, 螺); にな (nina, 螺)

From Middle Chinese 螺 (lwa, “conch; spiral”).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ら​ [ráꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾa̠]

螺 (hiragana ら, rōmaji ra)

1. any shellfish with a spiral shell

In compounds, may lend meanings of either shell or spiral.

From Old Japanese. Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; granule, little roundish bit of something”).[2] May have originally been the standalone form; compare 神 (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and 神 (kami, standalone form).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝbʲi]

螺 (hiragana つび, rōmaji tsubi)

1. (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
2. (obsolete) alternate name for 蛤 (hamaguri, “clam”)

螺 (tsubu, tsubi, tsumi): a variety of whelks for sale.

From Old Japanese. Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; granule, little roundish bit of something”).[2] May have originally been the combining form; compare 神 (kamu, bound form, only used in compounds) and 神 (kami, standalone form).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) つ​ぶ [tsúꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝbɯ̟ᵝ]

螺 (hiragana つぶ, rōmaji tsubu)

1. spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
2. edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae
3. alternate name for 田螺 (tanishi): river snails of family Viviparidae

/t͡subi/ → /t͡sumi/

Shift in pronunciation from tsubi above.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝmʲi]

螺 (hiragana つみ, rōmaji tsumi)

1. (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones

From Old Japanese. Previously referred to any shellfish with a spiral shell (see ra above). Now refers more specifically to certain spiral shellfish. More common in compounds.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) に​し [níꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕi]

• 辛螺

螺 (hiragana にし, rōmaji nishi)

1. (rare) certain shellfish with a spiral shell

• 螺 (にな) (nina) (see below), 蜷 (にな) (nina), 河貝子 (にな) (nina)

From Old Japanese.

Less common spelling in modern Japanese. When written in kanji, more commonly spelled 蜷.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) にな​ [nìnáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ina̠]

• 蜷, 蝸螺, 河貝子

螺 (hiragana にな, rōmaji nina)

1. shellfish with a spiral shell
2. Short for 川蜷. (kawanina): Semisulcospira libertina, a kind of freshwater snail

螺 • (ra>na, re>ne) (hangeul 라>나, 레>네)

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螺 (loa, loe)

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