鯵

鯵

鯵 U+9BF5, 鯵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF5 ← 鯴 [U+9BF4] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯶 → [U+9BF6]

Translingual

Traditional	鰺
Shinjitai (extended)	鯵
Simplified	鲹

Han character

鯵 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火戈大竹 (NFIKH), composition ⿰魚参)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4699, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9BF5

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Japanese

Shinjitai	鯵
Kyūjitai	鰺

Kanji

鯵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鰺)

1. horse mackerel

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: あじ (aji, 鯵)^{←あぢ (adi, historical)}

Etymology

鯵 (aji): a Japanese horse mackerel.

Kanji in this term
鯵
あじ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Attested since at least the late 800s.[1]

The name likely derives from common noun 味 (aji, “flavor”), in reference to its tastiness.[2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ​じ [áꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5][6]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ʑi]

Noun

鯵(あじ) • (aji) ^{←あぢ (adi)?}

1. [from late 800s] Japanese horse mackerel

Usage notes

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

References

1. “鰺”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. Entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten ("Etymology Derivation Dictionary", in Japanese)
3. Entry at Nihon Jiten ("Japan Dictionary", in Japanese)
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鯵 (Pinyin shēn (shen1), Wade-Giles shen¹)

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