鯺

鯺 U+9BFA, 鯺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BFA ← 鯹 [U+9BF9] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯻 → [U+9BFB]

Translingual

Han character

鯺 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8 in Chinese, 魚+9 in Japanese, 19 strokes in Chinese, 20 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓火十大日 (NFJKA), composition ⿰魚者)

1. blowfish

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1473, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46296
• Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4699, character 19
• Unihan data for U+9BFA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鯺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéi, zhū (zei², zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄟˊ, ㄓㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéi
    • Wade–Giles: tsei²
    • Yale: dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeir
    • Palladius: цзэй (czɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/

Definitions

鯺

1. blowfish

Japanese

Kanji

鯺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. blowfish.

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょ (sho)
• Kun: ふぐ (fugu)

Vietnamese

Han character

鯺: Hán Việt readings: chư
鯺: Nôm readings: chà, chư, chả

1. chữ Hán form of chư (“blowfish”).
2. Nôm form of chà (“blowfish”).
3. Nôm form of chả (“minced and seasoned fish”).