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See also:
U+9C31, 鰱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C31

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 195, +11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜十十 (NFYJJ), four-corner 25330, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46415
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4705, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+9C31

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ren) : semantic (fish) + phonetic (OC *ren).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ling5/lêng5 - colloquial;
  • liang5/liêng5 - literary.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (77)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter ljen
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /liᴇn/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /liɛn/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ljæn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /lian/
    Li
    Rong
    /liɛn/
    Wang
    Li
    /lĭɛn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /li̯ɛn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    lián
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    lin4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7994
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ren/

    Definitions

    1. (~魚) any fish of the genus Hypophthalmichthys, especially the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
      Synonym: 𫚈

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. silver carp
    2. fish of genus Hypophthalmichthys

    Readings

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    たなご
    Hyōgaiji
    kun'yomi

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

    (たなご) or (タナゴ) (tanago

    1. a bitterling (a small fish of the carp family)

    Korean

    Hanja

    (eum (ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) (yeon))

    1. salmon

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: liên

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