鯢

See also: 鲵 and ⿰魚児

鯢	U+9BE2, 鯢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BE2

← 鯡
[U+9BE1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯣 →
[U+9BE3]

Translingual

Traditional	鯢
Shinjitai (extended)	⿰魚児
Simplified	鲵

Han character

鯢 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹難山 (NFHXU), four-corner 2731₇, composition ⿰魚兒)

Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus, syn. Cryptobranchus japonicus)
any salamander

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1472, character 37
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46245
Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 43
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4696, character 18
Unihan data for U+9BE2

Chinese

trad.		鯢
simp.		鲵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
掜	rŋeː, ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	ŋeː, ŋeː
霓	ŋeː, ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	ŋeː, ŋje
觬	ŋeː, ŋeːʔ
堄	ŋeːʔ, ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje, “child”)?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngai⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngai³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ni²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gê

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ní
  - Wade–Giles: ni²
  - Yale: ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - Palladius: ни (ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡai²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ni²
  - Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
  - Tâi-lô: gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	鯢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯢
Reading #	1/1
No.	2747
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

鯢

giant salamander
^† female whale
^† small fish
^† Alternative form of 齯 / 𫠜 (ní)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娃娃魚 (“giant salamander”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯢, 鯢魚, 人魚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大鯢
Taxonomic name		大鯢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	娃娃魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	娃娃魚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	娃娃魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	娃娃魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	娃娃魚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	娃娃魚
Huizhou	Jixi	娃娃魚, 海狗魚
Jin	Xinzhou	娃娃魚兒