鱝

鱝

See also: 鲼

鱝 U+9C5D, 鱝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C5D ← 鱜 [U+9C5C] CJK Unified Ideographs 鱞 → [U+9C5E]

Translingual

Han character

鱝 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 弓火十十金 (NFJJC) or 弓火十廿金 (NFJTC), composition ⿰魚賁)

References

• KangXi: page 1478, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46519
• Dae Jaweon: page 2010, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4712, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9C5D

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Chinese

trad.		鱝
simp.		鲼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賁	*prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn
蟦	*bɯl, *bɯlʔ, *bɯls
膹	*bɯlʔ, *bɯnʔ
橨	*bɯlʔ, *bɯn
奔	*pɯːn, *pɯːns
錛	*pɯːn
噴	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns, *pɯns
濆	*pʰɯːn, *bɯn
歕	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns
獖	*bɯːnʔ
餴	*pɯn
饙	*pɯn
僨	*pɯns
墳	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
燌	*bɯn
豶	*bɯn
羵	*bɯn
蕡	*bɯn
鐼	*bɯn, *hmɯns
馩	*bɯn
轒	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
鼖	*bɯn
憤	*bɯnʔ
鱝	*bɯnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
    • Wade–Giles: fên⁴
    • Yale: fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨun^X/

Rime
Character	鱝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房吻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨunX/
Pan Wuyun	/biunX/
Shao Rongfen	/biuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bunX/
Li Rong	/biuənX/
Wang Li	/bĭuənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鱝
Reading #	1/1
No.	468
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	憤
Old Chinese	/*bɯnʔ/

Definitions

鱝

1. ray, a kind of cartilaginous fish

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 鱏
• 海鷂魚

Kanji

鱝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ray

Readings

• Go-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: えい (ei, 鱝)^{←えひ (efi, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鱝
えい Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Ainu アイ (ay, “arrow”, by extension, "point"), by its stingers (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) え​い [éꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞i]

Noun

鱝(えい) • (ei) ^{←えひ (efi)?}

1. ray, a kind of cartilaginous fish

Usage notes

• Ei refers to rays in general. Stingrays commonly found in Japan are called 赤(アカ)鱝(エイ) (akaei, “red stingray”)

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Korean

Hanja

鱝 • (bun) (hangeul 분)

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