蛸 — so

Parts that make up 蛸

How 蛸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蛸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 虫, 肖.

Japanese words with 蛸

• 蛸タコ octopus; fool; idiot
• 蛸足たこあし many-legged; octopus-like
• 蛸壺たこつぼ octopus pot; foxhole (in a battlefield); bubble
• 真蛸まだこ common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
• 飯蛸いいだこ ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)
• 貝蛸かいだこ greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)
• 船蛸ふねだこ winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)
• 蛸船たこぶね eggcase (shell) of the winged argonaut; winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)
• 水蛸みずだこ giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini); North Pacific giant octopus
• 面蛸めんだこ flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis depressa); pancake devilfish
• 蛸入道たこにゅうどう octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
• 蛸坊主たこぼうず man with a bald or shaven head

Characters sharing the phonetic 肖

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “소”

Other hanja with radical 虫