鮪

See also: 鲔

Translingual

Han character

鮪 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火大月 (NFKB), four-corner 2432₇, composition ⿰魚有)

1. kind of sturgeon,

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1469, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46126
• Dae Jaweon: page 2002, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4685, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9BAA

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Chinese

trad.		鮪
simp.		鲔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui² / wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fui² / wai⁵
    • Yale: fúi / wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui² / wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui² / wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwijX

Rime
Character	鮪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	榮美切
Baxter	hwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwiX/
Li Rong	/ɣjuiX/
Wang Li	/ɣwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/wiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷrəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鮪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wěi
Middle Chinese	‹ hwijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷrəʔ/
English	sturgeon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鮪
Reading #	1/1
No.	15612
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	洧
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鮪

1. Chinese paddlefish or Chinese swordfish;
2. tuna

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Japanese

Kanji

鮪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. tuna

Readings

• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: まぐろ (maguro, 鮪); しび (shibi, 鮪)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鮪
まぐろ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

鮪(まぐろ) or 鮪(マグロ) • (maguro) 

1. a tuna (fish of the genus Thunnus)
   • マンガで分かるLisp (The Manga Guide to Lisp)

     みりん。地(ち)域(いき)猫(ねこ)。最(さい)近(きん)までマクロのことをマグロと思(おも)っていた。

     Mirin. Chīkineko. Saikin made makuro no koto o maguro to omotteita.

     Mirin: A neighbour cat. Until recently often confused macros with tuna [maguro].

   Hypernym: 鯖 (saba)

2. (colloquial) Short for 黒鮪 (kuromaguro): a Pacific bluefin tuna,
3. (slang) a dead fish (a sexual partner who lies flat during sex)

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 マグロ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鮪(まぐ)茶(ちゃ) (magucha)
• 磯(イソ)鮪(マグロ) (isomaguro)
• インド鮪(まぐろ) (Indo maguro)
• 梶(カジ)木(キ)鮪(マグロ), 旗魚(カジキ)鮪(マグロ) (kajiki maguro)
• 黄(キ)肌(ハダ)鮪(マグロ) (kihada maguro), 黄(き)肌(わだ)鮪(まぐろ) (kiwada maguro)
• 黒(クロ)鮪(マグロ) (kuromaguro)
• 五島(ごとう)鮪(まぐろ) (Gotō maguro)
• 塩(しお)鮪(まぐろ) (shiomaguro)
• 畜(ちく)養(よう)鮪(まぐろ) (chikuyō maguro)
• 葱(ねぎ)鮪(ま) (negima)
• 畑(ハタ)鮪(マグロ) (hatamaguro)
• 鬢(びん)長(なが)鮪(まぐろ) (binnaga maguro)
• 本(ほん)鮪(まぐろ) (honmaguro)
• 南(ミナミ)鮪(マグロ) (minami maguro)
• めじ鮪(まぐろ) (mejimaguro)

Idioms

• 鮪(まぐろ)を抱(だ)いて寝(ね)たよう (maguro o daite netayō)

See also

• 黄(キ)肌(ハダ) (kihada, “yellowfin tuna”)
• 鬢(ビン)長(ナガ) (binnaga, “albacore”)
• 目(メ)撥(バチ) (mebachi)
• とろ (toro)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鮪
しび Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

⟨sibi₁⟩ → */sibʲi/ → /ɕibi/

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

鮪(しび) • (shibi) 

1. (obsolete) a tuna
   • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 110:

     意布袁余志(おふをよし)斯毘(しび)都久阿麻余(つくあまよ)斯賀阿禮婆(しがあれば)宇良胡本斯祁牟(うらこほしけむ)斯毘(しび)都久志毘(つくしび) [Man'yōgana]

     大(おふ)魚(を)よししび突(つ)く海人(あま)よ其(し)が離(あ)ればうら恋(ご)ほしけむしび突(つ)く志(し)毘(び) [Modern spelling]

     ouo yoshi shibi tsuku ama yo shi ga areba uragōshikemu shibi tsuku Shibi

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   Antonym: めじ (meji)

Derived terms

• 鮪(しび)節(ぶし) (shibibushi)
• 糸(いと)鮪(しび) (itoshibi)
• 蜻(トン)蛉(ボ)鮪(シビ) (tonboshibi)

See also

• 大(お)魚(うお)よし (ōo yoshi, pillow word alluding to shibi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鮪
Hyōgaiji
irregular

Appears in the Wakan Sansai Zue (1712).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

鮪(はつ) • (hatsu) 

1. (obsolete) a tuna

Derived terms

• 鮪(はつ)の身(み) (hatsu no mi)

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Relative sizes

Hanja

鮪 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

1. (다랑어) tuna, tunny

See also

• 참다랑어 (chamdarang'eo): tuna
• 참치 (chamchi): tuna