蛙

Kana: ア、ワ、かえる、かわず

Romaji: a, wa, kaeru, kawazu

Kana

Romaji

frog

Stroke Count: 12

Radical Number: 142

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-6-6

Korean Reading: wae

Chinese Reading: wa1

Unicode: 86d9

JIS: 333F

Nelson Index: 4137

蛙 (かえる、かわず、かいる、カエル、カワズ)

frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

蛙の子は蛙 (かえるのこはかえる)

like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

蛙の面に水 (かえるのつらにみず)

like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face

蛙股 (かえるまた)

curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

蛙鳴蝉噪 (あめいせんそう)

annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy

青蛙 (あおがえる)

green (tree) frog

蛙の面に小便 (かえるのつらにしょうべん)

like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face

蛙泳ぎ (かえるおよぎ)

breaststroke (swimming); frog-kick

蛙跳 (かえるとび)

(game of) leapfrog

蟇蛙 (ひきがえる、ひき、がまがえる、がま、かま、ヒキガエル、ガマガエル)

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)