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U+9BF5, 鯵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF5

[U+9BF4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9BF6]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 195, +8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火戈大竹 (NFIKH), composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4699, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9BF5

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“a horse mackerel”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Extended shinjitai form of : horse mackerel

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
(aji): a Japanese horse mackerel.
Kanji in this term
あじ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Attested since at least the late 800s.[1]

The name likely derives from common noun (aji, flavor), in reference to its tastiness.[2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(あじ) or (アジ) (ajiあぢ (adi) or アヂ (adi)?

  1. [from late 800s] Japanese horse mackerel

Usage notes[edit]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アジ.

References[edit]

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten ("Etymology Derivation Dictionary", in Japanese)
  3. ^ Entry at Nihon Jiten ("Japan Dictionary", in Japanese)
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

(Pinyin shēn (shen1), Wade-Giles shen1)

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