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U+9C2F, 鰯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C2F

[U+9C2E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9C30]

Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 195, +10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 弓火弓一一 (NFNMM), composition )

  1. sardine

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1476, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46413
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4708, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9C2F

Chinese

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trad.
simp. 𱈍

Glyph origin

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (iwashi, sardine). A Japanese kokuji coined phono-semanically (弱し yowashi) in the Nara period.

Etymology

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Spelling pronunciation, as (ruò)

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus), sardine.

References

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Japanese

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Glyph origin

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A 国字 (kokuji, Japanese-coined character).

Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. sardine

Readings

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  • Kun: いわし (iwashi, )

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(iwashi): a plichard
 イワシ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
いわし
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings

From Old Japanese.[1] Attested in a mokkan dated around 756.[1]

Seemingly connected to 弱し (yowashi, weak, modern 弱い (yowai)), from the way that the fish quickly dies.[1] However, the pitch accents mismatch; the Heian period accent for iwashi is <HHH>,[1] contradicting to the accent of yowashi, which has <LLF> in the Heian period.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いわし) or (イワシ) (iwashi

  1. [from 756] a pilchard (especially a Japanese pilchard) (Sardinops melanostictus)
    • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 8:
      鰯 楊氏漢語抄云鰯〈伊和之 今案本文未詳〉
      Pilchard: [Part of the] Willow Family. 鰯 is [also] in the Kangoshō. ([read] iwasi; currently, records of its origin are unknown)
  2. [unknown] Japanese sardine
  3. [from 1747] an uncut sword
  4. [from c. 1310] on the night of the Setsubun, a pilchard is placed at the entrance along with a (hīragi, Osmanthus heterophyllus) to ward off evil spirits
  5. [from 1892] (slang, used by criminals) a prison guard

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Russian: иваси́ f (ivasí)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 いわし 【鰯・鰮】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ よわ・い 【弱】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  5. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(yak) (hangeul , revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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Northern Amami Ōshima

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from Japanese (iwashi).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(イワシ) (iwasi

  1. a pilchard (especially a Japanese pilchard) (Sardinops melanostictus)

References

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  • Osada, Suma, Suyama, Nahoko (1977) 奄美方言分類辞典上巻 [Dictionary of Amami Dialect on Semantic Principles: Volume 1], Tokyo: Kasama Shoin, page 857
  • Osada, Suma, Suyama, Nahoko, Fujii, Misako (1980) 奄美方言分類辞典下巻 [Dictionary of Amami Dialect on Semantic Principles: Volume 2], Tokyo: Kasama Shoin, page 655

Old Japanese

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Etymology

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Seemingly connected to 弱し (yo1wasi, weak), from the way that the fish quickly dies.[1] However, the pitch accents mismatch; the Heian period accent for iwashi is <HHH>,[1] contradicting to the accent of yowashi, which has <LLF> in the Heian period.[2]

Noun

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(iwasi) (kana いわし)

  1. a pilchard (especially a Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus))
    • Mokkan #2283 from Heijo Palace; text here
      青郷御贄伊和志五升
      AWOSATO1 NO2 MI1-NIPE2 NO2 iwasi NO2 KI1TAPI1 PA ITU-MASU
      The dried meat of a pilchard offered from Awosato [weighs] five masu.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 いわし 【鰯・鰮】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ よわ・い 【弱】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[4] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here