鯠

鯠 U+9BE0, 鯠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BE0 ← 鯟 [U+9BDF] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯡 → [U+9BE1]

Translingual

Han character

鯠 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火木人人 (NFDOO), four-corner 2439₈, composition ⿰魚來)

1. to confer
2. to bestow on an inferior
3. to reward

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1472, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46242
• Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4695, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9BE0

Chinese

trad.		鯠
simp.		𱇭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
來	*m·rɯːɡ
萊	*rɯː, *rɯːs
淶	*rɯː
徠	*rɯː, *rɯːs
崍	*rɯː
郲	*rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
騋	*rɯː
猍	*rɯː
鯠	*rɯː
鶆	*rɯː
庲	*rɯː
棶	*rɯː
斄	*rɯː, *rɯ
逨	*rɯː, *rɯːs
麳	*rɯː
唻	*rɯːʔ, *rrɯː
賚	*rɯːs
睞	*rɯːs
勑	*rɯːs
誺	*rɯːs, *r̥ʰɯ, *r̥ʰɯs, *r̥ʰɯs
倈	*rɯ
憖	*ŋrɯns
猌	*ŋrɯns
麥	*mrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lái (lai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lái
    • Wade–Giles: lai²
    • Yale: lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai
    • Palladius: лай (laj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴
    • Yale: lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: loj

Rime
Character	鯠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	洛哀切
Baxter	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləj/
Li Rong	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯠
Reading #	1/1
No.	7606
Phonetic component	來
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*rɯː/

Definitions

鯠

1. ^† Alternative name for 鰣／鲥 (shí, “Reeve's shad”).