鱏

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鱏 U+9C4F, 鱏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C4F
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鱐 →

Translingual

Han character

鱏 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火一月十 (NFMBJ) or 弓火一田十 (NFMWJ), composition ⿰魚覃)

  1. sturgeon
  2. same as 鲟

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46488
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4713, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9C4F

Chinese

trad. 鱏
simp. 𱈓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鱏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (覃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鷣 *luː, *lɯm
撢 *l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛 *l̥ʰɯːms
潭 *l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚 *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃 *l'ɯːm
鐔 *l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫 *l'ɯːm
橝 *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫 *l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂 *l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰 *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫 *l'ɯːmʔ
嘾 *l'ɯːmʔ
贉 *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫 *l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈 *zlɯmʔ
鱏 *ljɯm, *lɯm
簟 *l'ɯːmʔ
驔 *l'ɯːmʔ
磹 *l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鱏 鱏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 邪 (17) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 侵 (139) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 徐林切 餘針切
Baxter zim yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziɪm/ /jiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zim/ /jim/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjem/ /jem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zim/ /jim/
Li
Rong 		/ziəm/ /iəm/
Wang
Li 		/zĭĕm/ /jĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯əm/ /i̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xín yín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cam4 jam4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鱏 鱏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12338 12345
Phonetic
component 		覃 覃
Rime
group 		侵 侵
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		尋 淫
Old
Chinese 		/*ljɯm/ /*lɯm/

Definitions

鱏

  1. Alternative form of 鱘／鲟 (xún, “sturgeon”)

Japanese

Kanji

鱏

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. ray
  2. skate

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鱏
えい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
鱝
海鷂魚

From Ainu アイ (ay, “arrow”, by extension, "point"), by its stingers (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

Noun

鱏(えい) or 鱏(エイ) • (ei) ←えひ (efi) or エヒ (efi)?

  1. ray (a kind of cartilaginous fish)
Usage notes

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鱏
かじき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

鱏(かじき) or 鱏(カジキ) • (kajiki) ←かぢき (kadiki) or カヂキ (kadiki)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 梶木 (“marlin”)

Korean

Hanja

鱏 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

  1. sturgeon
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