鯰
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鯰 (namazu): a biologist's depiction of a Amur catfish (Japanese catfish).
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Translingual
Han character
鯰 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火人戈心 (NFOIP), four-corner 28332, composition ⿰魚念)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46285
- Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4697, character 13
- Unihan data for U+9BF0
Chinese
| trad. | 鯰 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 鲶 | |
Glyph origin
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鯰 (namazu).
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 鯰 – see 鮎 (“catfish (fishes in order, especially Amur catfish”). (This character is a variant form of 鮎). |
Usage notes
Commonly used for the catfish sense in written Chinese, due to the rarity of 鮎／鲇 (nián).
Derived terms
Japanese
Glyph origin
A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”),[1] using the 魚 radical on the left for its meaning of “fish”, and 念 on the right for its phonetic value as a homophone of 粘 (nen, “sticky; slimy”).
Kanji
鯰
- a catfish
Readings
- Kan’yō-on: ねん (nen)←ねん (nen, historical)←ねむ (nemu, ancient)
- Kun: なまず (namazu, 鯰)←なまづ (namadu, 鯰, historical)
Etymology
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| Kanji in this term |
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| 鯰 |
| なまず Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Possibly from 滑 (nama, “slippery, slimy”, possible ancient alternate for name reading) + 頭 (zu, “head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
鯰 or 鯰 • (namazu) ←なまづ (namadu)?
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 ナマズ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN