鰛

See also: 鳁 and 鰮

鰛	U+9C1B, 鰛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C1B

← 鰚
[U+9C1A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鰜 →
[U+9C1C]

Translingual

Traditional	鰮
Shinjitai (extended)	鰛
Simplified	鳁

Han character

鰛 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火日月廿 (NFABT), composition ⿰魚昷)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1475, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4701, character 7
Unihan data for U+9C1B

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鰛 – see 鰮 (“sardine”). (This character is a variant form of 鰮).

Japanese

Shinjitai	鰛
Kyūjitai	鰮

Kanji

鰛

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鰮)

alternative form of 鰯

Readings

Go-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
Kan-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
Kun: いわし (iwashi, 鰛)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鰛
いわし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鰛 – see the following entry.

【鰯いわし】J

[noun] [from 756] a pilchard (especially a Japanese pilchard) (Sardinops melanostictus)

[noun] [unknown] Japanese sardine

[noun] [from 1747] an uncut sword

[noun] [from c. 1310] on the night of the Setsubun, a pilchard is placed at the entrance along with a 柊 (hīragi, “Osmanthus heterophyllus”) to ward off evil spirits

[noun] [from 1892] (slang, used by criminals) a prison guard

Alternative spellings
鰮, イワシ

(This term, 鰛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)