鮟

鮟	U+9B9F, 鮟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B9F

← 鮞
[U+9B9E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鮠 →
[U+9BA0]

Translingual

Han character

鮟 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火十女 (NFJV), four-corner 2334₄, composition ⿰魚安)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1469, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46108
Dae Jaweon: page 2001, character 41
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4689, character 9
Unihan data for U+9B9F

Chinese

trad.		鮟
simp.		𩽾

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): àn (an⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àn
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴
  - Yale: àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
  - Palladius: ань (anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹/

Definitions

鮟

(historical dictionaries only) Name of a kind of fish.

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ān, àn

(Zhuyin): ㄢ, ㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: an
  - Wade–Giles: an¹
  - Yale: ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
  - Palladius: ань (anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àn
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴
  - Yale: àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
  - Palladius: ань (anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹/

Definitions

鮟

only used in 鮟鱇／𩽾𩾌 (ānkāng)

Compounds

鮟鱇 / 𩽾𩾌 (ānkāng)

Japanese

Kanji

鮟

(Hyōgai kanji)

anglerfish, monkfish

Readings

Go-on: あん (an)
Kan-on: あん (an)

Compounds

鮟鱇(あんこう) (ankō): anglerfish, monkfish
鮟肝(あんきも) (ankimo): monkfish liver

Usage notes

Only found in compounds. Not used in isolation.

Korean

Hanja

鮟 • (an) (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

(아귀) monkfish

Synonyms

鱇 (강, gang)

Compounds

鮟鱇 (안강, an-gang) monkfish