鰈

鰈

See also: 鲽

鰈 U+9C08, 鰈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C08 ← 鰇 [U+9C07] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰉 → [U+9C09]

Translingual

Han character

鰈 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火心廿木 (NFPTD), four-corner 2439₄, composition ⿰魚枼)

References

• KangXi: page 1474, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46322
• Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4700, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9C08

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Chinese

trad.		鰈
simp.		鲽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

魚 (“fish”) + 枼 (“table, flat wood”) – flat (枼) fish (魚).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dié (die²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dip⁶
    • Yale: dihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰɑp̚/

Rime
Character	鰈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	談 (144)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	吐盍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰap̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑp̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːb/, /*l'eːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰈	鰈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11550	11571
Phonetic component	世	世
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	榻
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːb/	/*l'eːb/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅或作鰨

Definitions

鰈

1. righteye flounder

Compounds

鰈鶼／鲽鹣

鶼鰈／鹣鲽

鶼鰈情深／鹣鲽情深

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Japanese

Kanji

鰈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sole
2. flatfish
3. flounder

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でふ (defu, historical)}; とう (tō)^{←たふ (tafu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てふ (tefu, historical)}; とう (tō)^{←たふ (tafu, historical)}
• Kun: かれい (karei, 鰈)^{←かれひ (karefi, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 鰈崎(かれいざき) (Kareizaki), 鰈崎(かれざき) (Karezaki)
• 鰈川(かれがわ) (Karegawa)

Etymology

鰈 (karei)

Kanji in this term
鰈
かれい Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/kara epi₁/ → /karepi/ → /karefi/ → */karewi/ → */kareii/ → /karei/

Likely from Old Japanese. Attested in the Honzō Wamyō. The Wamyō Ruijushō has 王餘魚, with the phonetic spellings 加良衣比 (karaepi₁) and variant 加禮比 (karepi₁).

Originally a compound of 韓(から) (Kara, “Korea”, euphemism) + 鱝(エイ) (ei, “a kind of ray”). It is said that the flounder was imported from Korea to Japan in the Samhan period, and was regarded to the Koreans at that time as "beautiful". The ei part is likely due to its appearance, mistaken for a "ray". (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) か​れー [káꜜrèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾe̞ː]

Noun

鰈(かれい) • (karei) ^{←かれひ (karefi)?}

1. righteye flounder (flounder of the family Pleuronectidae)

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 カレイ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• カレイ科(か) (karei-ka, “Pleuronectidae”)
• カレイ目(もく) (karei-moku, “Pleuronectiformes”)
• 赤(アカ)鰈(ガレイ) (aka-garei, “flathead flounder”)
• 油(アブラ)鰈(ガレイ) (abura-garei, “Kamchatka flounder”)
• 石(イシ)鰈(ガレイ) (ishi-garei, “stone flounder”)
• 角(ツノ)鰈(ガレイ) (tsuno-garei, “Alaska plaice”)
• 滑(ナメ)多(タ)鰈(ガレイ) (nameta-garei), 婆婆(ババ)鰈(ガレイ) (baba-garei, “slime flounder”)
• 沼(ヌマ)鰈(ガレイ) (numa-garei, “starry flounder”)
• 真(マ)鰈(ガレイ) (ma-garei, “yellow striped flounder”)
• 真子(マコ)鰈(ガレイ) (mako-garei, “marbled flounder”)

Idioms

• 左鮃右鰈(ひだりひらめみぎかれい) (hidari hirame migi karei)

See also

• 牛舌魚(ウシノシタ), 牛(うし)の舌(した) (ushi-no-shita, “sole”)
• 平(ヒラ)目(メ), 鮃(ヒラメ) (hirame, “olive flounder, Japanese halibut”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

鰈 • (jeop) (hangeul 접, revised jeop, McCune–Reischauer chŏp, Yale cep)

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