鰱

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

Han character

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

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. 鰱
simp. 鲢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (連) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
連 *ren
漣 *ren
鰱 *ren
翴 *ren
鏈 *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen
璉 *renʔ
僆 *renʔ, *reːns
摙 *renʔ, *rens
蓮 *renʔ, *reːn
嗹 *reːn
縺 *reːn

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

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ling5/lêng5 - colloquial;
  • liang5/liêng5 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 鰱
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 仙 (77)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 力延切
    Baxter ljen
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/liᴇn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/liɛn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ljæn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/lian/
    Li
    Rong         		/liɛn/
    Wang
    Li         		/lĭɛn/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/li̯ɛn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lián
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		lin4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 鰱
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7994
    Phonetic
    component         		連
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		連
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ren/

    Definitions

    鰱

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

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    鰱

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. silver carp
    2. fish of genus Hypophthalmichthys

    Readings

    • Go-on: れん (ren)
    • Kan-on: れん (ren)
    • Kun: たなご (tanago, 鰱)

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    鰱
    たなご
    Hyōgai
    kun'yomi

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

    Noun

    鰱(たなご) or 鰱(タナゴ) • (tanago) 

    1. a bitterling (a small fish of the carp family)
      Synonym: 田平子 (tabirako)

    Usage notes

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

    Korean

    Hanja

    鰱 (eum 련 (ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 연 (yeon))

    1. salmon

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    鰱: Hán Nôm readings: liên

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