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U+9BCE, 鯎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BCE

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 195, +7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火戈竹尸 (NFIHS), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1471, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46200
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4686, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9BCE

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Kun: うぐい (ugui, )うぐひ (ugufi, , historical)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
うぐい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
石斑魚
 ウグイ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Tribolodon on Wikipedia
ウグイ (ugui): a Japanese dace.

Possibly originally a compound of (u, cormorant) +‎ 食い (kui, eating, gobbling).

Pronunciation

Noun

(うぐい) or (ウグイ) (uguiうぐひ (ugufi)?

  1. the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae
    Synonym: 赤腹 (akahara)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウグイ.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN