鯖

鯖 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火手一月 (NFQMB), four-corner 2532₇, composition ⿰魚青 (GHT) or ⿰魚靑 (JKV))

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1472, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46210
• Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4694, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9BD6

鯖

1. mackerel
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)

鯖

1. (alt. form 𦙫) stew or chowder of fish and meat

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. mackerel

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: さば (saba, 鯖)

From Old Japanese, further etymology uncertain. Possibly cognate with 秋刀魚 (sanma, “Pacific saury”), which can be translated to "mackerel pike".

Attested in the Izumo Fudoki, completed in 733 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) さば [sàbá] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ba̠]

鯖(さば) or 鯖(サバ) • (saba) 

1. mackerel, especially chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)

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

• (mackerel): 青鯖(アオサバ) (aosaba)

Abbreviation and punning of サーバー (sābā, “server”), ultimately from English server. This kanji is an ateji (当て字).

鯖(さば) or 鯖(サバ) • (saba) 

1. (slang, computing) server

• The usage of this kanji is commonly used among online audiences, especially in online gaming.

• 鯖缶(さばかん) (sabakan, “server administrator”)
• 鯖管(さばかん) (sabakan, “server administrator”)
• 串鯖(くしさば) (kushisaba, “proxy server”)
• 鯖落(さばお)ち (sabaochi, “server outage”)

• “サバ／鯖／さば”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2025.

鯖 (eumhun 고등어 청 (godeung'eo cheong))

1. mackerel

• 鯖魚 (청어, cheong-eo)

• 靑魚 (청어, cheong-eo) herring (鯡, 鯡魚)

鯖: Hán Nôm readings: thanh

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