"河童" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/, /hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: hétóng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ho⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hétóng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hétóng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ho²-tʻung² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hé-túng [Mandarin, Yale], hertorng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хэтун [Mandarin, Palladius], xɛtun [Mandarin, Palladius], hòh tùhng [Cantonese, Yale], ho⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 河童(かっぱ) (kappa). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|-}} Orthographic borrowing from Japanese, {{ja-r|河童|かっぱ}} 河童(かっぱ) (kappa) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 河童
  1. (Japanese mythology) kappa (mythical creature) (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m) Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Japanese mythology

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠p̚pa̠] Forms: 河童 [canonical] (ruby: (), (っぱ)), kappa [romanization]
Etymology: /kapawarapa/ → /kawawappa/ → /kawappa/ → /kappa/ Originally a compound of 川 (kapa → kawa, “river”) + 童 (warapa → wappa, “child”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|川|童|sort=かっぱ|t1=river|t2=child|tr1=kapa → kawa|tr2=warapa → wappa}} 川 (kapa → kawa, “river”) + 童 (warapa → wappa, “child”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かっぱ}} 河(か)童(っぱ) • (kappa)
  1. (Japanese mythology, folklore) a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese folklore Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Folklore, Japanese mythology, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-河童-ja-noun-YrOBzWsE Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 48 1 9 10 12 7 12 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 16 24 25 9 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 1 16 18 19 12 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 1 15 17 23 13 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 29 1 15 17 22 12 3 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  2. a cucumber
    Sense id: en-河童-ja-noun-J8GFTQL6
  3. rolled sushi with cucumber inside
    Sense id: en-河童-ja-noun-VQ0SvzP3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 16 24 25 9 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 1 15 17 23 13 3
  4. (dated) a prostitute working from a boat that picks up customers from the banks of a river Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-河童-ja-noun-komh~q-- Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 16 24 25 9 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 1 15 17 23 13 3
  5. (historical) a children's hairstyle in the Edo period, similar to the bowl cut Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-河童-ja-noun-DRjh3nzd Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 16 24 25 9 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 1 15 17 23 13 3
  6. (dated, slang) a strong swimmer Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-河童-ja-noun-zJtReWX0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 1 15 17 23 13 3
  7. Alternative spelling of 合羽 (“raincoat”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 合羽 (extra: raincoat)
    Sense id: en-河童-ja-noun-Da8qjxuD

Download JSON data for 河童 meaning in All languages combined (10.9kB)

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          "ref": "2023, “我的世界地圖”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 王菀之 [Ivana Wong] (music)performed by 魏浚笙 [Jeffrey Ngai]",
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          "english": "A kappa boss with low defense strength, but surprisingly high attack strength.",
          "ref": "1999 September 23, “ひょうすべ [Hyōsube]”, in Vol.5, Konami",
          "roman": "Kappa no oyabun. Kōgekiryoku wa igai to takai. Shubiryoku wa hikume.",
          "ruby": [
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              "親",
              "おや"
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              "分",
              "ぶん"
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              "こう"
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              "撃",
              "げき"
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              "力",
              "りょく"
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            [
              "意",
              "い"
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              "外",
              "がい"
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              "高",
              "たか"
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              "しゅ"
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            [
              "備",
              "び"
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              "力",
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        },
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          "english": "This kappa evades attack damage with his ESP.",
          "ref": "2000 July 13, “サイコ・カッパー [Psycho Kappar]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant -ファラオのしもべ-, Konami",
          "roman": "Iroiro na chōnōryoku o tsukai, kōgeki no damēji o fusegu kappa.",
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              "攻",
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              "防",
              "ふせ"
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          "text": "いろいろな超能力を使い、攻撃のダメージを防ぐカッパ。"
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      "other": "かっぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠p̚pa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "河童"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "ja:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Orthographic borrowing from Japanese",
      "name": "obor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "河童",
        "2": "かっぱ"
      },
      "expansion": "河童(かっぱ) (kappa)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 河童(かっぱ) (kappa).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "河童",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
        "Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只",
        "Chinese orthographic borrowings from Japanese",
        "Chinese terms borrowed from Japanese",
        "Chinese terms derived from Japanese",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "zh:Japanese mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Under which tree is the kappa taking shelter from thunder and lightning?",
          "ref": "2023, “我的世界地圖”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 王菀之 [Ivana Wong] (music)performed by 魏浚笙 [Jeffrey Ngai]",
          "text": "河童在哪樹下避雷電 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]\n河童在哪树下避雷电 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]\nho⁴ tung⁴ zoi⁶ naa⁵ syu⁶ haa⁶ bei⁶ leoi⁴ din⁶ [Jyutping]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kappa (mythical creature) (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "kappa",
          "kappa"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "隻",
          "隻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Japanese mythology) kappa (mythical creature) (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hétóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-tʻung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-túng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hertorng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэтун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛtun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòh tùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "河童"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio links",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "ja:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "川",
        "3": "童",
        "sort": "かっぱ",
        "t1": "river",
        "t2": "child",
        "tr1": "kapa → kawa",
        "tr2": "warapa → wappa"
      },
      "expansion": "川 (kapa → kawa, “river”) + 童 (warapa → wappa, “child”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/kapawarapa/ → /kawawappa/ → /kawappa/ → /kappa/\nOriginally a compound of 川 (kapa → kawa, “river”) + 童 (warapa → wappa, “child”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "河童",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "河",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "童",
          "っぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kappa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かっぱ"
      },
      "expansion": "河(か)童(っぱ) • (kappa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "ja:Folklore",
        "ja:Japanese mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A kappa boss with low defense strength, but surprisingly high attack strength.",
          "ref": "1999 September 23, “ひょうすべ [Hyōsube]”, in Vol.5, Konami",
          "roman": "Kappa no oyabun. Kōgekiryoku wa igai to takai. Shubiryoku wa hikume.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "親",
              "おや"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "攻",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "撃",
              "げき"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "外",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "守",
              "しゅ"
            ],
            [
              "備",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ],
            [
              "低",
              "ひく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "カッパの親分。攻撃力は意外と高い。守備力は低め。"
        },
        {
          "english": "This kappa evades attack damage with his ESP.",
          "ref": "2000 July 13, “サイコ・カッパー [Psycho Kappar]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant -ファラオのしもべ-, Konami",
          "roman": "Iroiro na chōnōryoku o tsukai, kōgeki no damēji o fusegu kappa.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "超",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "能",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ],
            [
              "使",
              "つか"
            ],
            [
              "攻",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "撃",
              "げき"
            ],
            [
              "防",
              "ふせ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "いろいろな超能力を使い、攻撃のダメージを防ぐカッパ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese folklore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "dwell",
          "dwell"
        ],
        [
          "imp",
          "imp"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Japanese mythology, folklore) a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese folklore"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a cucumber"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cucumber",
          "cucumber"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rolled sushi with cucumber inside"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sushi",
          "sushi"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dated terms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a prostitute working from a boat that picks up customers from the banks of a river"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ],
        [
          "boat",
          "boat"
        ],
        [
          "customer",
          "customer"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) a prostitute working from a boat that picks up customers from the banks of a river"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with historical senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a children's hairstyle in the Edo period, similar to the bowl cut"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "children",
          "children"
        ],
        [
          "hairstyle",
          "hairstyle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) a children's hairstyle in the Edo period, similar to the bowl cut"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dated terms",
        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a strong swimmer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swimmer",
          "swimmer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, slang) a strong swimmer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "raincoat",
          "word": "合羽"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of 合羽 (“raincoat”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "合羽",
          "合羽#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "raincoat",
          "raincoat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かっぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠p̚pa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "河童"
}

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