鯢

See also: 鲵

鯢	U+9BE2, 鯢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BE2

← 鯡
[U+9BE1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯣 →
[U+9BE3]

Translingual

Han character

鯢 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹X山 (NFHXU), four-corner 2731₇, composition ⿰魚兒)

Andrias japonicus (syn. Cryptobranchus japonicus; Japanese giant salamander)
a salamander

References

KangXi: page 1472, character 37

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46245

Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 43

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4696, character 18

Unihan data for U+9BE2

Chinese

trad.		鯢
simp.		鲵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
掜	rŋeː, ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	ŋeː, ŋeː
霓	ŋeː, ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	ŋeː, ŋje
觬	ŋeː, ŋeːʔ
堄	ŋeːʔ, ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ní
  - Wade–Giles: ni²
  - Yale: ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - Palladius: ни (ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ŋei/

Rime
Character	鯢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯢
Reading #	1/1
No.	2747
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

鯢

salamander
^† female whale
^† small fish
^† Alternative form of 齯／𫠜 (ní).

Compounds

大鯢／大鲵 (dàní)
鯢魚／鲵鱼
鯢鮒／鲵鲋

鯢鰌／鲵鳅
鯢鰍／鲵鳅

鯢齒／鲵齿
鯨鯢／鲸鲵 (jīngní)

Japanese

Kanji

鯢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

salamander
female whale
small fish
old person's teeth

Readings

Go-on: げ (ge)

Kan-on: げい (gei)

Kun: さんしょううお (sanshōuo, 鯢)^{←さんせううを (sanseuuwo, historical)}; めくじら (mekujira, 鯢)^{←めくぢら (mekudira, historical)}

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
鯢
さんしょううお Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) さんしょーうお [sàńshóꜜòùò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

鯢(さんしょううお) • (sanshōuo) ^{←さんせううを (sanseūwo)^?}

Alternative spelling of 山椒魚 (“primitive salamander”)

Korean

salamander

Hanja

鯢 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

(도롱뇽) salamander