鯨

See also 鲸

Translingual

Han character

鯨 (radical 195 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜口火 (NFYRF), four-corner 2039₆, composition ⿰魚京)

1. whale

References

• KangXi: page 1473, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46257
• Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4698, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9BE8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鯨 (simplified 鲸, Yale king4)

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Japanese

Kanji

鯨 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: げい (gei)
• Kun: くじら (kujira), いさ (isa), いさな (isana)

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. /kudira/ > /kud͡ʑira/

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɯᵝd͡ʑiɺ̠a̠]

Noun

鯨 (hiragana くじら, romaji kujira, historical hiragana くぢら)

1. a large marine mammal belonging to order Cetacea: a whale
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 8 page 3)

     鯨 鯢 唐韻云、大魚、雄曰鯨、渠京反、雌曰鯢、音蜺、久知良 [...]

   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 165)

     Cujira. (鯨) 鯨.

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. Root shared with isa portion of verb 勇む (isamu, “to be in high spirits, to be brave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [isa̠]

Noun

鯨 (hiragana いさ, romaji isa) (archaic)

1. a large marine mammal belonging to order Cetacea: a whale

Etymology 3

From cognate isa above, with 魚 (-na, “fish”) suffixed. Sometimes spelled as 勇魚.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [isa̠na̠]

Noun

鯨 (hiragana いさな, romaji isana) (archaic)

1. a large marine mammal belonging to order Cetacea: a whale

Alternative forms

• 勇魚

References

• 1980 May 21 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1968 May 21 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

鯨 (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鯨 (simplified 鲸, pinyin jīng (jing1), Wade-Giles ching¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鯨 (kình, kềnh)