鮞

See also: 鲕

鮞 U+9B9E, 鮞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B9E ← 鮝 [U+9B9D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鮟 → [U+9B9F]

Translingual

Han character

鮞 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火一月中 (NFMBL), four-corner 2132₇, composition ⿰魚而)

1. roe

See also

• 卵
• 蛋
• 鯤
• 鲕
• 鲲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1468, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46105
• Dae Jaweon: page 2001, character 39
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4685, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9B9E

Chinese

trad.		鮞
simp.		鲕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
耐	*nɯːs
耏	*nɯːs, *njɯ
而	*njɯ
鮞	*njɯ, *njuɡ
鴯	*njɯ
栭	*njɯ
陑	*njɯ
峏	*njɯ
輀	*njɯ
胹	*njɯ
洏	*njɯ
髵	*njɯ
恧	*nɯɡ, *nuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ér (er²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ér
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²
    • Yale: ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erl
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyi, nyuwk

Rime
Character	鮞	鮞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如之切	如六切
Baxter	nyi	nyuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨ/	/ȵɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨ/	/ȵiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑie/	/ȵʑiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨ/	/ȵuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiə/	/ȵiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭə/	/ȵʑĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi/	/ȵʑi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ér	rù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	juk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯ/, /*njuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鮞	鮞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2721	2733
Phonetic component	而	而
Rime group	之	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	而	肉
Old Chinese	/*njɯ/	/*njuɡ/

Definitions

鮞

1. fish roe; fish fry

Compounds

• 鯤鮞／鲲鲕

 

Japanese

Kanji

鮞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. roe, fish eggs

Readings

• Go-on: に (ni); にく (niku)
• Kan-on: じ (ji); じく (jiku)
• Kun: はららご (hararago, 鮞)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鮞
はららご Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of はらら (harara, “separately and in an unorderly fashion”, adverb) +‎ 子 (ko, “small thing”). The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First attested in 1578.

The specific salmon roe sense has been largely replaced by the term イクラ (ikura) since the latter term's introduction in the mid-1920s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はらら​ご [hàráráꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) はららご [hàrárágó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ɾa̠ɡo̞]

Noun

鮞(はららご) • (hararago) 

1. [from 1578] (uncommon) fish eggs, roe (generally refers to roe removed from the ovary)

   Synonyms: 腹子 (harako, “roe” in general), 筋子 (sujiko, generally refers to roe still in the ovary), はらら (harara, feminine speech, obsolete)

2. [1578–1920s or 30s] (archaic) (more specifically) salmon roe (generally refers to roe removed from the ovary)

   Synonyms: イクラ (ikura, modern term for “salmon roe”), 腹子 (harako, “roe” in general), 筋子 (sujiko, generally refers to roe still in the ovary), はらら (harara, feminine speech, obsolete)

3. [1578–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) (by extension) a kind of red bean where the bean seeds catch the light in a manner similar to red grapes or salmon roe

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鮞
はらこ Hyōgaiji
irregular

Rare alternative spelling.

For pronunciation and definitions of 鮞 – see the following entry: 腹子

(The following entry is uncreated: 腹子.)

Korean

Hanja

鮞 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

1. roe
2. mudfish