鱘

鱘

See also: 鲟

鱘 U+9C58, 鱘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C58 ← 鱗 [U+9C57] CJK Unified Ideographs 鱙 → [U+9C59]

Translingual

Han character

鱘 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火尸一戈 (NFSMI), four-corner 2734₆, composition ⿰魚尋)

References

• KangXi: page 1478, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46504
• Dae Jaweon: page 2010, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4715, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9C58

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Chinese

trad.		鱘
simp.		鲟
alternative forms		鱏／𱈓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xún (xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syún
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²
    • Yale: syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴
    • Yale: chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm
    • Tâi-lô: sîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/

Definitions

鱘

1. sturgeon
2. (archaic) Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱘魚 (“sturgeon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱘, 鱘魚
Taxonomic name		鱘
Mandarin	Taiwan	鱘龍魚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鱘龍魚, 鱘龍
Wu	Shanghai	青占魚, 青占

Compounds

中華鱘／中华鲟 (zhōnghuáxún) 白鱘／白鲟 (báixún)

鱘魚／鲟鱼 (xúnyú) 鱘鰉／鲟鳇

鱘龍／鲟龙 鱘龍魚／鲟龙鱼 (xúnlóngyú)

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Japanese

Kanji

鱘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin); じん (jin)
• Kun: ちょうざめ (chouzame); かじき (kajiki)

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Korean

Hanja

鱘 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

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