鯛

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See also: 鲷
鯛 U+9BDB, 鯛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BDB
← 鯚
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鯜 →

Translingual

Han character

鯛 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火月土口 (NFBGR), four-corner 27320, composition ⿰魚周)

  1. sea bream, porgy

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1472, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46226
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4697, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+9BDB

Chinese

trad. 鯛
simp. 鲷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (周) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
裯 *tuːw, *dɯw, *do
啁 *tuːw, *rtɯːw, *tɯw
禂 *tuːwʔ
綢 *tʰuːw, *dɯw
翢 *tʰuːw, *duːw
錭 *duːw
雕 *tɯːw
凋 *tɯːw
琱 *tɯːw
鯛 *tɯːw
鵰 *tɯːw
彫 *tɯːw
奝 *tɯːw
調 *dɯːw, *dɯːws, *tɯw
蜩 *dɯːw
惆 *tʰɯw
婤 *tʰɯw, *tjɯw
稠 *dɯw
椆 *dɯw, *tjɯws
周 *tjɯw
輖 *tjɯw
賙 *tjɯw
郮 *tjɯw
晭 *tjɯwʔ
倜 *tʰɯːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tɯːw) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 周 (OC *tjɯw).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鯛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都聊切
Baxter tew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/teu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/teu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/teu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛw/
Li
Rong 		/teu/
Wang
Li 		/tieu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		diu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鯛
Reading # 1/1
No. 17516
Phonetic
component 		周
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		貂
Old
Chinese 		/*tɯːw/

Definitions

鯛

  1. sea bream
    蒲燒鯛炒飯／蒲烧鲷炒饭  ―  pú shāo diāo chǎofàn  ―  Kabayaki sea bream fried rice

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 鯛
Kyūjitai
鯛󠄁
鯛+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
鯛󠄄
鯛+󠄄?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

鯛

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. sea bream
  2. red snapper

Readings

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
鯛: a sea bream
Kanji in this term
鯛
たい
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/tapi1/ → /tapi/ → /tafi/ → /tai/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

鯛(たい) or 鯛(タイ) • (tai) ←たひ (tafi) or タヒ (tafi)?

  1. sea bream (fish of the family Sparidae); porgy
  2. specifically, the 真鯛(まだ) (mada, “red sea bream”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Idioms

See also

Proper noun

鯛(たい) • (Tai) ←たひ (tafi)?

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ “鯛”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 281

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

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Wikisource

鯛 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

  1. (도미) sea bream

Vietnamese

Han character

鯛: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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