鰱

See also: 鲢

鰱	U+9C31, 鰱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C31

← 鰰
[U+9C30]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鰲 →
[U+9C32]

Translingual

Han character

鰱 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜十十 (NFYJJ), four-corner 2533₀, composition ⿰魚連)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46415
Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4705, character 11
Unihan data for U+9C31

Chinese

trad.		鰱
simp.		鲢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (連) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
連	*ren
漣	*ren
鰱	*ren
翴	*ren
鏈	ren, rens, *r̥ʰen
璉	*renʔ
僆	renʔ, reːns
摙	renʔ, rens
蓮	renʔ, reːn
嗹	*reːn
縺	*reːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ren): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lián (lian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): ling⁵ / lêng⁵ / liang⁵ / liêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lián
  - Wade–Giles: lien²
  - Yale: lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lin⁴
  - Yale: lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
  - Tâi-lô: liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ling⁵ / lêng⁵ / liang⁵ / liêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng / lêng / liâng / liêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵⁵/, /leŋ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/, /lieŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

ling5/lêng5 - colloquial;
liang5/liêng5 - literary.

Middle Chinese: ljen

Rime
Character	鰱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力延切
Baxter	ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/
Li Rong	/liɛn/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ren/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰱
Reading #	1/1
No.	7994
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	連
Old Chinese	/*ren/

Definitions

鰱

(～魚) any fish of the genus Hypophthalmichthys, especially the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
Synonym: 鱮 / 𫚈

Compounds

大海鰱 / 大海鲢
大頭鰱 / 大头鲢 (dàtóulián)
大鱗鰱 / 大鳞鲢
海鰱 / 海鲢
白鰱 / 白鲢 (báilián)
竹葉鰱 / 竹叶鲢 (zhúyèlián)
花鰱 / 花鲢 (huālián)
草鰱 / 草鲢
金線鰱 / 金线鲢 (jīnxiànlián)
鰱魚 / 鲢鱼 (liányú)

Japanese

Kanji

鰱

(Hyōgai kanji)

silver carp
fish of genus Hypophthalmichthys

Readings

Go-on: れん (ren)
Kan-on: れん (ren)
Kun: たなご (tanago, 鰱)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鰱
たなご Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

Noun

鰱(たなご) or 鰱(タナゴ) • (tanago)

a bitterling (a small fish of the carp family)
Synonym: 田平子 (tabirako)

Usage notes

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

Korean

Hanja

鰱 (eum 련 (ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 연 (yeon))

salmon

Vietnamese

Han character

鰱: Hán Nôm readings: liên

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