鯊

See also: 鲨

鯊	U+9BCA, 鯊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BCA

← 鯉
[U+9BC9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯋 →
[U+9BCB]

Translingual

Han character

鯊 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 水竹弓田火 (EHNWF), four-corner 3933₆, composition ⿱沙魚)

References

KangXi: page 1471, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46186

Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 37

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4693, character 2

Unihan data for U+9BCA

Chinese

trad.		鯊
simp.		鲨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
硰	ʔsaːlʔ, sʰaːlʔ, *sraːl
娑	saːl, saːlʔ
挱	saːl, sraːl
挲	*saːl
桫	*saːl
渻	saːl, sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
沙	sraːl, sraːls
紗	*sraːl
砂	*sraːl
鯊	*sraːl
裟	*sraːl
桬	*sraːl
髿	sraːl, soːl
魦	sraːl, soːl
莎	*soːl
莏	*soːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sraːl) : phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls) + semantic 魚 (“fish”).

Etymology

“shark”: so named as its crude skin similar to sand (沙 (shā)).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shā (sha¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ
Min Dong (BUC): săi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): soa
(Teochew, Peng'im): sua¹
Wu (Wiktionary): so (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sha
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹
  - Yale: shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha
  - Palladius: ша (ša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa¹
  - Yale: sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: săi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa
  - Tâi-lô: sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sua¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sua³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: so (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ʃˠa/

Rime
Character	鯊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʃa/
Wang Li	/ʃa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sraːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯊
Reading #	1/1
No.	11028
Phonetic component	沙
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鯊
Old Chinese	/*sraːl/
Notes	見爾雅：鮀

Definitions

鯊

^† a kind of small fish
shark

Compounds

公牛鯊／公牛鲨 (gōngniúshā)
大白鯊／大白鲨 (dàbáishā)
姥鯊／姥鲨 (lǎoshā)
星鯊／星鲨
虎鯊／虎鲨

豆腐鯊／豆腐鲨 (dòufushā)
鋸鯊／锯鲨 (jùshā, “sawshark”)
錘頭鯊／锤头鲨
防鯊網／防鲨网 (fángshāwǎng)
雙髻鯊／双髻鲨 (shuāngjìshā)

食人鯊／食人鲨
鯊烯／鲨烯 (shāxī, “squalene”)
鯊魚／鲨鱼 (shāyú)
鯨鯊／鲸鲨 (jīngshā)
鼬鯊／鼬鲨 (yòushā, “tiger shark”)

Japanese

Alternative forms

沙魚
蝦虎魚

Kanji

鯊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しゃ (sha)
Kan-on: さ (sa)
Kun: はぜ (haze); さめ (same)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鯊
はぜ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Noun

鯊(はぜ) • (haze)

goby

Derived terms

真(ま)鯊(はぜ) (mahaze, “yellowfin goby”)
極楽(ごくらく)鯊(はぜ) (gokurakuhaze, “barcheek goby”)
蚯蚓(みみず)鯊(はぜ) (mimizuhaze, “flat-headed goby”)
跳(とび)鯊(はぜ) (tobihaze, “mudskipper”)

Korean

Hanja

鯊 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

(uncommon) shark