蛙 — kanji meaning “frog”
蛙
frog
- Meanings
- frog
- On'yomi
- ア (a)、ワ (wa)
- Kun'yomi
- かえる、かわず
- Strokes
- 12
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- wā — Chinese character page
Words with 蛙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青蛙 | あおがえる aogaeru | green (tree) frog |
| 雨蛙 | あまがえる amagaeru | tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica) |
| 蛙飛び | かえるとび kaerutobi | (game of) leapfrog; leapfrogging |
| 殿様蛙 | とのさまがえる tonosamagaeru | black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata) |
| 蛙股 | かえるまた kaerumata | curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evokes an open-legged frog) |
| 赤蛙 | あかがえる akagaeru | any brown or reddish-brown frog of the family Ranidae |
| 角蛙 | つのがえる tsunogaeru | horned frog (Ceratophrys spp.) |
| 蛙泳ぎ | かえるおよぎ kaeruoyogi | breaststroke (swimming); frog-kick |
| 蛙黽 | あぼう abou | tree frog (toad) |
| 牛蛙 | うしがえる ushigaeru | American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) |
| 蛙鳴蝉噪 | あめいせんそう ameisensou | annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy |
| 日本赤蛙 | にほんあかがえる nihon'akagaeru | Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica) |
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