KANAE
Character · Nature

蛙

かえる kaeruかわず kawazuやせがえる yasegaeru

frog

Composition

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Origin

The creature radical (虫) gives the meaning and 圭 the sound: the frog.

In the thoughts

  1. やせ蛙yasegaeruskinny frog

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 017 The frog at the bottom of the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
  2. 041 The child of a frog is a frog.
  3. 160 Old pond — a frog leaps in, sound of water.
  4. 163 Skinny frog, do not give up — Issa is here.
  5. 205 Water on a frog's face.

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