鰓

See also: 鳃

Translingual

Han character

鰓 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田心 (NFWP), four-corner 2633₀, composition ⿰魚思)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46344
• Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4701, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9C13

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Chinese

trad.		鰓
simp.		鳃

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 腮?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāi (sai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sôi
• Eastern Min (BUC): săi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhi / sai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹ / sai¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sai
    • Wade–Giles: sai¹
    • Yale: sāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sai
    • Palladius: сай (saj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soi¹
    • Yale: sōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi / sai
    • Tâi-lô: tshi / sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy, say
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/, /sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhi - vernacular;
• sai - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ci¹ / sai¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi / sai
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³/, /sai³³/

Note:

• ci1 - vernacular;
• sai1 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹se
    • MiniDict: se^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: soj

Rime
Character	鰓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇來切
Baxter	soj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/səi/
Shao Rongfen	/sɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səj/
Li Rong	/sᴀi/
Wang Li	/sɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰓
Reading #	1/1
No.	13826
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鰓
Old Chinese	/*snɯː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鰓

1. fish gills

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³
    • Yale: syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saai²
    • Yale: sáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鰓

1. Only used in 鰓鰓／鳃鳃.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

鰓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai); し (shi)
• Kun: えら (era, 鰓)

Noun

鰓(えら) • (era) 

1. gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals)

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Korean

Hanja

鰓 (eumhun 아가미 새 (agami sae))

1. gill

Hanja

鰓 (eumhun 두려워할 시 (duryeowohal si))

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鰓 (tai)

1. gill