鯎

鯎 U+9BCE, 鯎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BCE ← 鯍 [U+9BCD] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯏 → [U+9BCF]

Translingual

Han character

鯎 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火戈竹尸 (NFIHS), composition ⿰魚成)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1471, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46200
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4686, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9BCE

Japanese

Kanji

鯎

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Kun: うぐい (ugui, 鯎)^{←うぐひ (ugufi, 鯎, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鯎
うぐい Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
石斑魚

ウグイ (ugui): a Japanese dace.

Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うぐい [ùgúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡɯ̟i]

Noun

鯎(うぐい) or 鯎(ウグイ) • (ugui) ^{←うぐひ (ugufi)?}

1. the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae

   Synonym: 赤腹 (akahara)

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 ウグイ.