鱏

鱏	U+9C4F, 鱏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C4F

← 鱎
[U+9C4E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鱐 →
[U+9C50]

Translingual

Han character

鱏 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火一月十 (NFMBJ) or 弓火一田十 (NFMWJ), composition ⿰魚覃)

sturgeon
same as 鲟

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46488
Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4713, character 3
Unihan data for U+9C4F

Chinese

trad.		鱏
simp.		𱈓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鱏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鷣	luː, lɯm
撢	l̥ʰɯːm, l'ɯːms, lɯm, ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	l'ɯːm, lɯmʔ
譚	l'ɯːm, l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	l'ɯːm, ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	l'ɯːm, l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	l'ɯːm, lɯm
燂	l'ɯːm, zlom, *ljum
醰	l'ɯːm, l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	l'ɯːmʔ, l'ɯːms
瞫	l'ɯːms, hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	ljɯm, lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xún (xun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xún
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syún
  - Wade–Giles: hsün²
  - Yale: syún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
  - Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: zim, yim

Rime
Character	鱏	鱏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	徐林切	餘針切
Baxter	zim	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪm/	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/zim/	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/zjem/	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zim/	/jim/
Li Rong	/ziəm/	/iəm/
Wang Li	/zĭĕm/	/jĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯əm/	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xín	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam⁴	jam⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ljɯm/, /*lɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鱏	鱏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12338	12345
Phonetic component	覃	覃
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	尋	淫
Old Chinese	/*ljɯm/	/*lɯm/

Definitions

鱏

alternative form of 鱘 / 鲟 (xún, “sturgeon”)

Japanese

Kanji

鱏

(Hyōgai kanji)

ray
skate

Readings

Go-on: じん (jin)^{←じん (zin, historical)}^{←じむ (zimu, ancient)}、いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)}^{←いむ (imu, ancient)}
Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)}^{←しむ (simu, ancient)}、いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)}^{←いむ (imu, ancient)}
Kun: えい (ei, 鱏)^{←えひ (efi, 鱏, historical)}、かじき (kajiki, 鱏)^{←かぢき (kadiki, 鱏, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鱏
えい Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
鱝海鷂魚

From Ainu アイ (ay, “arrow”, by extension, "point"), by its stingers (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えい [éꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [e̞i]

Noun

鱏(えい) • (ei) ^{←えひ (efi)^?}

ray (a kind of cartilaginous fish)

Usage notes

Ei refers to rays in general. Stingrays commonly found in Japan are called 赤(アカ)鱏(エイ) (akaei, “red stingray”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鱏
かじき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑikʲi]

Noun

鱏(かじき) • (kajiki) ^{←かぢき (kadiki)^?}

alternative spelling of 梶木 (“marlin”)

Korean

Hanja

鱏 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

sturgeon