鯛

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

• 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

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

鯛

1. sea bream

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

• 鯛鱼

• “鯛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	鯛
Kyūjitai [1]	鯛󠄁 鯛+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	鯛󠄄 鯛+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. sea bream
2. red snapper

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: たい (tai, 鯛)^{←たひ (tafi, 鯛, historical)}

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

鯛

Wikipedia ^ja

/tapi₁/ → /tapi/ → /tafi/ → /tai/

From Old Japanese.

• (Tokyo) たい (Atamadaka – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

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

1. sea bream (fish of the family Sparidae); porgy
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 16, poem 3829:
     , text here

     醤(ひしほ)酢尓(すに)蒜(ひる)都伎(つき)合(かて)而(て)鯛(たひ)願(ねがふ)吾(われ)尓(に)勿(な)所見(みえそ)水䓗(なぎ)乃(の)煮物(あつもの) [Man'yōgana]

     醤(ひしほ)酢(す)に蒜(ひる)搗(つ)きかてて鯛(たひ)願(ねが)ふ我(わ)れにな見(み)えそ水葱(なぎ)の羹(あつもの) [Modern spelling]

     hishio-su ni hiru tsukikatete tai-negau ware ni na mi(s)e so nagi no atsumono

     Don't show a fellow who's begging for a nice sea bream all fixed with bean paste, with vinegar and pounded garlic, such a thing as water-leek soup!^[4]

2. specifically, the 真鯛(まだ) (mada, “red sea bream”)

• 鯛(たい)の尾(お)より鰯(いわし)の頭(かしら) (tai no o yori iwashi no kashira)
• 腐(くさ)っても鯛(たい) (kusatte mo tai)

• 鱸(すずき) (suzuki, “sea perch”)

鯛(たい) • (Tai) ^{←たひ (Tafi)?}

1. a surname

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

鯛

Wikisource

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

1. (도미) sea bream

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}}.

• 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