鯵

See also: 鰺 and 鲹

鯵	U+9BF5, 鯵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF5

← 鯴
[U+9BF4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯶 →
[U+9BF6]

Translingual

Traditional	鰺
Shinjitai (extended)	鯵
Simplified	鲹

Han character

鯵 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火戈大竹 (NFIKH), composition ⿰魚参)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4699, character 12
Unihan data for U+9BF5

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鯵 – see 鰺 (“a horse mackerel”). (This character is a variant form of 鰺).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	鯵
Kyūjitai	鰺

Kanji

鯵

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鰺)

Extended shinjitai form of 鰺: horse mackerel

Readings

Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: あじ (aji, 鯵)^{←あぢ (adi, 鯵, historical)}

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

アジ

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Japanese jack mackerel

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
鯵
あじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鰺 (kyūjitai)

Attested since at least the late 800s.^[1]

The name likely derives from common noun 味 (aji, “flavor”), in reference to its tastiness.^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あじ [áꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[5]^[6]
IPA^(key): [a̠ʑi]

Noun

鯵(あじ) or 鯵(アジ) • (aji) ^{←あぢ (adi) or アヂ (adi)^?}

[from late 800s] Japanese horse mackerel

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 アジ.

References

^ “鰺”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten ("Etymology Derivation Dictionary", in Japanese)
^ Entry at Nihon Jiten ("Japan Dictionary", in Japanese)
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Mandarin

Hanzi

鯵 (Pinyin shēn (shen1), Wade-Giles shen¹)

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[KDJ2-1] “鰺”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[GYJ-2] Entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten ("Etymology Derivation Dictionary", in Japanese)

[NJ-3] Entry at Nihon Jiten ("Japan Dictionary", in Japanese)

[DJR-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-5] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-6] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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