鯢
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salamander
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Translingual
| Traditional | 鯢 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai (extended) |
⿰魚児 |
| Simplified | 鲵 |
Han character
鯢 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹難山 (NFHXU), four-corner 27317, composition ⿰魚兒)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1472, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46245
- Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 43
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4696, character 18
- Unihan data for U+9BE2
Chinese
| trad. | 鯢 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 鲵 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeː): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ní
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ní
- Wade–Giles: ni2
- Yale: ní
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
- Palladius: ни (ni)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ngai4
- Yale: ngàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngai4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ngai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵑɡai²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
- Tâi-lô: gê
- Phofsit Daibuun: gee
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ngi5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋi⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: ngej
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/
Definitions
鯢
- giant salamander
- 今鯢魚似鮎，四脚，前似彌猴，後似狗。聲如小兒啼，大者長八九尺。
- From: Guo Pu's commentary on Erya; English translation from Valenti (2018)
- Jīn níyú sì nián, sì jiǎo, qián sì míhóu, hòu sì gǒu. Shēng rú xiǎo'ér tí, dà zhě cháng bā jiǔ chǐ.
- Nowadays, the giant salamander looks like a catfish, it has four limbs; on the front it looks like a macaque, from behind it looks like a dog. Its cry seems the wail of an infant, the biggest ones are between eight and nine feet long (1,85 – 2,08 metres).
今鲵鱼似鲇，四脚，前似弥猴，后似狗。声如小儿啼，大者长八九尺。
- (literary) female whale
- (literary) small fish
- (literary) alternative form of 齯 / 𫠜 (ní)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 娃娃魚 (“giant salamander”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 鯢, 鯢魚, 人魚 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 大鯢 | |
| Taxonomic name | 大鯢 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 娃娃魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 娃娃魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 娃娃魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 娃娃魚 |
| Liuzhou | 娃娃魚 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 娃娃魚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 娃娃魚, 海狗魚 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 娃娃魚兒 |
Compounds
Japanese
| ⿰魚児 | |
| 鯢 |
Kanji
鯢
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰魚児)
- (Tokyo) salamander
- female whale
- small fish
- old person's teeth
Readings
- Go-on: げ (ge)
- Kan-on: げい (gei)
- Kun: さんしょううお (sanshōuo, 鯢)←さんせううを (sanseuuwo, 鯢, historical)、めくじら (mekujira, 鯢)←めくぢら (mekudira, 鯢, historical)
Pronunciation
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鯢 |
| さんしょううお Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
鯢 or 鯢 • (sanshōuo) ←さんせううを (sanseuuwo) or サンセウウヲ (sanseuuwo)?
- alternative spelling of 山椒魚 (“primitive salamander”)
Korean
Hanja
鯢 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)