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See also:
U+9C53, 鱓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C53

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 195, +12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火口口十 (NFRRJ), composition )

  1. eel

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4714, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9C53

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𬶛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“eel; swamp eel; resembling advertorial; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. moray eel

Readings

  • Go-on: ぜん (zen) (da)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen) (ta)
  • Kun: うつぼ (utsubo, )うみへび (umihebi, )ごまめ (gomame, )

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
うつぼ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

Noun

(うつぼ) or (ウツボ) (utsubo

  1. a moray eel

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(seon) (hangeul , revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

  1. The swamp eel, Monopterus albus