鯿

See also: 鳊

鯿 U+9BFF, 鯿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BFF ← 鯾 [U+9BFE] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰀 → [U+9C00]

Translingual

Han character

鯿 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, Cangjie input 弓火竹尸月 (NFHSB) or 弓火戈尸月 (NFISB), composition ⿰魚扁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1474, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46306
• Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9BFF

Chinese

trad.		鯿
simp.		鳊
alternative forms		鯾／𫚣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
斒	*preːn, *praːn
鯿	*praːn, *pen
編	*pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
揙	*pen
褊	*penʔ
篇	*pʰen
偏	*pʰen, *pʰens
翩	*pʰen
媥	*pʰen
扁	*pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ
萹	*pʰen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
騗	*pʰens
騙	*pʰens
諞	*ben, *brenʔ, *benʔ
楄	*ben, *beːn
蝙	*peːn
甂	*peːn
猵	*peːn, *binʔ
牑	*peːn
蹁	*peːn, *beːn
匾	*peːnʔ
碥	*peːnʔ
惼	*peːnʔ
糄	*peːnʔ
徧	*peːns
遍	*peːns
頨	*peːns, *ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan
艑	*beːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biān (bian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bian
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹
    • Yale: byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi
    • MiniDict: pi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: paen, pjien

Rime
Character	鯿	鯿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	布還切	卑連切
Baxter	paen	pjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠan/	/piᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚan/	/piɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/pɐn/	/pjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨn/	/pian/
Li Rong	/pan/	/piɛn/
Wang Li	/pan/	/pĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pan/	/pi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bān	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baan1	bin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːn/, /*pen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯿	鯿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	706	708
Phonetic component	扁	扁
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	班	鞭
Old Chinese	/*praːn/	/*pen/
Notes	見宋玉賦	同鯾見宋玉賦

Definitions

鯿

1. bream

   Synonym: 魴 / 鲂 (fáng)

Japanese

Kanji

鯿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: へん (hen)、べん (ben)
• Kan-on: はん (han)、へん (hen)
• Kun: おしきうお (oshikiuo)

Korean

Hanja

鯿 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鯿: Hán Việt readings: biên

1. chữ Hán form of biên (“(rare, literary) bream”)
   • 1898, Emperor Tự Đức, 嗣德聖製字學解義歌 [Tự Đức thánh chế tự học giải nghĩa ca, Emperor Tự Đức's sagely creation about character learning and explanation song]‎^[1], volume 13, 蟲魚類 [Trùng ngư loại], pages 7a-7b:

     鱆𠸜羅𩵜望潮
     鱏拱𩵜鮪鯕調𩵜鯿

     Chương tên là cá vọng triều.
     Dâm cũng cá vị, kỳ đều cá biên.

     "Chương" is a name referring to an octopus.
     "Dâm" also means sturgeon, "kỳ" also refers to a bream.