牙

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/牙

Etymology
propose that this was a substrate loan; cf. 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬). disagrees with their hypothesis and considers Old Chinese to be the donor of this Wanderwort instead.

STEDT provisionally sets up, comparing it to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.


 * Hong Kong Cantonese neologism
 * From.

Definitions

 * 1)  tooth
 * 2)  ivory; tusk of elephant
 * 3) screw thread
 * 4)  to bite
 * 5)  broker
 * 1) screw thread
 * 2)  to bite
 * 3)  broker
 * 1)  broker
 * 1)  broker
 * 1)  broker

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) tusk, fang

Etymology 1
From. Appears in the Man'yōshū.

Noun

 * 1)  fang, tusk, tooth
 * 2) * ; text here

Usage notes
Although this term is no longer used in isolation, it does persist in certain compounds.

Derived terms

 * : to gnash one's teeth
 * : the jawbone, the mandible, the lower jaw

Etymology 2
Compound of elements.

Noun

 * 1) fang, tusk, tooth
 * 2)  dog

Usage notes
This is the most common term for in modern Japanese.

Derived terms

 * : ivory or boar tusk used to rub the surface of a print in order to bring out the gloss
 * : a kind of auger snail of family
 * : the “fanged noro”, a kind of roe deer of genus

Idioms

 * : “to bite one's fangs” → to gnash one's teeth
 * : “to sharpen one's fangs” → to prepare to hurt one's opponent. Compare sharpen one's claws
 * : “to clash one's fangs” → to gnash one's teeth; to get angry; to bare one's fangs
 * : “to bare one's fangs”
 * : “the one with fangs has no horns” → a metaphor for how no one is endowed with every advantage

Etymology 3
Cognate with, and probably the noun derivation of, verb, from the root idea of something sprouting. Used in the Kojiki.

Noun

 * 1)  a plant sprout, a plant bud

Derived terms

 * : a reed sprout or bud

Etymology 4
Non-standard alternative spelling for.

Etymology 5
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading gê.

The goon reading, so probably the reading as first imported into Japanese.

Noun

 * 1) an animal's fang or tusk
 * 2) an elephant's tusk: ivory
 * 3) a tooth

Usage notes
The meaning is much more commonly expressed using the word.

Derived terms

 * : an ivory mace or scepter, used by certain social classes in ancient Japan
 * : teeth, tusks, or fangs
 * : the inner edge of a scroll around which the scroll is wound, or an edge of a folding book to which pages are bound, made of ivory
 * , : a kind of cutout decorative carving technique for panels, wherein the corners are left intact to reinforce the structure of the panel
 * : a carving made from a tusk or fang, more specifically made of elephant ivory
 * : an ivory mace or scepter, used by certain social classes in ancient Japan

Etymology 6
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading ngaa4.

The kan'on reading, so probably a later importation.

Affix

 * 1) an animal's fang or tusk
 * 2) an elephant's tusk: ivory
 * 3) a tooth

Usage notes
The ga reading is only used in compounds, and is never used in isolation.

Derived terms

 * : the headquarters of a general in a field camp
 * : a velar consonant
 * : lockjaw, a common symptom in the early stages of tetanus
 * : a flag raised at the site of an emperor's or general's field camp
 * : in China, a middleman or go-between in a commercial transaction
 * : the city of Asan, a port in South Korea
 * : a middleman or go-between in a commercial transaction
 * : the keep or main residence within a castle; a headquarters, a base, a stronghold
 * : in China, a middleman or go-between in a commercial transaction
 * : a fee or commission charged by a
 * : a water scavenger beetle of family
 * : a small axe or hatchet made from boar tusk
 * : a middleman or go-between in a commercial transaction
 * : the crime of fencing goods known to be stolen
 * : the crime of fencing goods known to be stolen
 * : a gate on which a general's flag is flying; an army's headquarters
 * : an abacus; more specifically, an ivory abacus
 * , : a small placard or label made of ivory; a small claw-shaped ivory clasp for holding a book closed
 * : the flag of a general's army, the pole of which was traditionally decorated with ivory on the end
 * : in China, a middleman or go-between in a commercial transaction

Etymology
From.