蛸 — kanji meaning “octopus”
蛸
octopus
- Meanings
- octopus
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)、ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- たこ
- Strokes
- 13
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- shāo, xiāo — Chinese character page
Words with 蛸
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛸入道 | たこにゅうどう takonyuudou | octopus; man with a bald or shaven head |
| 蛸坊主 | たこぼうず takobouzu | man with a bald or shaven head |
| 蛸足 | たこあし takoashi | many-legged; octopus-like |
| 蛸配当 | たこはいとう takohaitou | bogus dividend |
| 蛸壺 | たこつぼ takotsubo | octopus pot |
| 真蛸 | まだこ madako | common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) |
| 飯蛸 | いいだこ iidako | ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus) |
| 貝蛸 | かいだこ kaidako | greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo) |
| 船蛸 | ふねだこ funedako | winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians) |
| 蛸船 | たこぶね takobune | eggcase (shell) of the winged argonaut |
| 豹紋蛸 | ひょうもんだこ hyoumondako | blue-ringed octopus (esp. the blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata) |
| 水蛸 | みずだこ mizudako | giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini); North Pacific giant octopus |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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