漁人

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See also: 渔人

Chinese

fisherman; to fish man; person; people
trad. (漁人)
simp. (渔人)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (38)
Final () (22) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjo nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨʌ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɔ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɔ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨə̆/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɔ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭo/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯wo/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjo › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*(r)a/ /*ni/
English to fish (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15940 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋa/ /*njin/
Notes

Noun

漁人

  1. fisher; fisherman

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ぎょ
Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 漁人 (MC ngjo nyin).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぎょ)(じん) (gyojinぎよじん (gyozin)?

  1. (literary) fisher

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すなど
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 漁人 – see the following entry.
すなどり
漁り, 漁人: (archaic) fisher
Alternative spelling
漁り
(This term, 漁人, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)