鷁首

Chinese

		fishhawk bow or prow	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (鷁首)		鷁	首
simp. (鹢首)		鹢	首
alternative forms		艗艏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-shou³
  - Yale: yì-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshoou
  - Palladius: ишоу (išou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik⁶ sau²
  - Yale: yihk sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ngek syuwX

Rime
Character	鷁	首
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	五歷切	書九切
Baxter	ngek	syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋek̚/	/ɕɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋek̚/	/ɕiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛk̚/	/ɕiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛjk̚/	/ɕuw^X/
Li Rong	/ŋek̚/	/ɕiu^X/
Wang Li	/ŋiek̚/	/ɕĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiek̚/	/ɕi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	shǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik⁶	sau²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-ɢˤek l̥uʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡleːɡ hljuʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鷁	首
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì	shǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ ngek ›	‹ syuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m-ɢˁek/	/*l̥uʔ/
English	kind of aquatic bird	head
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷁	首
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	15086	11671
Phonetic component	益	首
Rime group	錫	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	鷁	首
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡleːɡ/	/*hljuʔ/

Noun

鷁首

(obsolete) bird-shaped figurehead of a ship
(metonymic, literary, poetic) ship (often a highly ornate one)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鷁首):

→ Japanese: 鷁(げき)首(しゅ) (gekishu); 鷁(げき)首(す) (gekisu)