鯱

鯱	U+9BF1, 鯱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF1

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[U+9BF0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯲 →
[U+9BF2]

Translingual

Han character

鯱 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜心弓 (NFYPN) or 弓火卜心山 (NFYPU), composition ⿰魚虎)

(Japan) killer whale, orca

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46286
Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4695, character 16
Unihan data for U+9BF1

Chinese

trad.		鯱
simp.		𩾇

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鯱 (shachi).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 虎 (hǔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔ (hu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hu³
  - Yale: hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fu²
  - Yale: fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/

Definitions

鯱

(Japanese mythology) shachihoko (carp with the head of a tiger)

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

鯱

(Hyōgai kanji)

killer whale

Readings

Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
Kun: しゃち (shachi, 鯱)、しゃちほこ (shachihoko, 鯱)、しゃっちょこ (shatchoko, 鯱)
Nanori: しゃち (shachi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鯱
しゃち Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃち [sháꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

鯱(しゃち) or 鯱(シャチ) • (shachi)

orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
Synonym: 逆叉 (sakamata)
(Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger

Derived terms

鯱(しゃち)瓦(がわら) (shachigawara)
鯱(しゃち)張(ば)り返(かえ)る (shachibarikaeru)
鯱(しゃち)張(ば)る (shachibaru)
鯱(しゃち)巻(ま)き (shachimaki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鯱
しゃちほこ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鯱鉾

From 鯱 (shachi) +‎ 鉾 (hoko).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃちほこ [shàchíhókó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕi̥ho̞ko̞]

Noun

鯱(しゃちほこ) • (shachihoko)

(Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
synonym of 鯱瓦 (shachihoko-gawara, “decorative tiles placed at the end of a roof-beam in the shape of shachihoko”)
synonym of 松毬魚 (matsukasa-uo, “Japanese pinecone fish, Monocentris japonica”)

Derived terms

鯨(くじら)に鯱(しゃちほこ) (kujira ni shachihoko)
鯱蛾(しゃちほこが) (shachihokoga), 天社蛾(しゃちほこが) (shachihokoga)
鯱瓦(しゃちほこがわら) (shachihokogawara)
鯱立(しゃちほこだ)ち (shachihokodachi)
鯱張(しゃちほこば)る (shachihokobaru), 鯱張(しゃちこば)る (shachikobaru)
鯱虫(しゃちほこむし) (shachihokomushi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鯱
しゃっちょこ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alteration of shachihoko.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃっちょこ [shàtchókó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t̚t͡ɕo̞ko̞]

Noun

鯱(しゃっちょこ) • (shatchoko)

(Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger

Derived terms

鯱(しゃっちょこ)立(だ)ち (shatchokodachi)
鯱(しゃっちょこ)張(ば)る (shatchokobaru)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

Okinawan

Kanji

鯱

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Kun: さち (sachi, 鯱)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鯱 (shachi).

Noun

鯱(さち) (sachi)

orca

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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

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