蜥 — kanji meaning “a lizard”
蜥
a lizard
- Meanings
- a lizard
- On'yomi
- シャク (shaku)、セキ (seki)
- Kun'yomi
- とかげ
- Strokes
- 14
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- xī — Chinese character page
Words with 蜥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜥蜴 | とかげ tokage | lizard |
| 襟巻蜥蜴 | えりまきとかげ erimakitokage | frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii); frill-necked lizard |
| 鎧蜥蜴 | よろいとかげ yoroitokage | girdle-tailed lizard |
| 角蜥蜴 | つのとかげ tsunotokage | horned lizard; horned toad |
| 昔蜥蜴 | むかしとかげ mukashitokage | tuatara (primitive lizardlike reptile endemic to New Zealand) |
| 足無蜥蜴 | あしなしとかげ ashinashitokage | legless lizard (esp. Anguidae spp., incl. glass lizards and slow worms) |
| 飛蜥蜴 | とびとかげ tobitokage | flying dragon (any gliding lizard of genus Draco) |
| 木登蜥蜴 | きのぼりとかげ kinoboritokage | Ryukyu tree lizard (Japalura polygonata) |
| 毒蜥蜴 | どくとかげ dokutokage | heloderm (any venomous lizard of genus Heloderma, incl. the gila monster and the beaded lizard) |
| 蚯蚓蜥蜴 | みみずとかげ mimizutokage | worm lizard; amphisbaenian |
| 水大蜥蜴 | みずおおとかげ mizuootokage | water monitor (Varanus salvator); common water monitor |
| 火蜥蜴 | ひとかげ hitokage | Salamander (poem by Octavio Paz) |
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