鰶

鰶 U+9C36, 鰶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C36 ← 鰵 [U+9C35] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰷 → [U+9C37]

Translingual

Han character

鰶 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 弓火月人火 (NFBOF), four-corner 2739₁, composition ⿰魚祭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46431
• Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4711, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9C36

Chinese

trad.		鰶
simp.		𬶭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蔡	*sʰlaːds
瘵	*ʔsreːds
祭	*ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds
際	*ʔsleds
穄	*ʔsleds
鰶	*ʔsleds
傺	*hr'eds
摖	*sʰleːds
擦	*sʰlaːd
攃	*sʰlaːd, *saːd
礤	*sʰlaːd
察	*sʰreːd
詧	*sʰreːd, *sʰeːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁵
    • Yale: máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjejH

Rime
Character	鰶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子例切
Baxter	tsjejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajH/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zai3

Definitions

鰶

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Compounds

• 斑鰶 / 斑𬶭 (bānjì)
• 青鰶魚 / 青𬶭鱼
• 鰶魚 / 𬶭鱼

References

• “鰶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鰶

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dotted gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus)

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: このしろ (konoshiro)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鰶
このしろ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
鮗 鯯 鱅

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “First attestation of kanji spellings?”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) このしろ [kònóshíróꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) このしろ [kònóꜜshìrò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞no̞ɕiɾo̞]

Noun

鰶(このしろ) or 鰶(コノシロ) • (konoshiro) 

1. dotted gizzard shad, Konosirus punctatus

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 コノシロ.

Derived terms

• 燕(つばめ)鰶(このしろ) (tsubamekonoshiro, “threadfin, specifically striped threadfin”)