鰱

See also: 鲢

Translingual

Han character

鰱 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜十十 (NFYJJ), four-corner 2533₀, composition ⿰魚連)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46415
• Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4705, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9C31

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Chinese

trad.		鰱
simp.		鲢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
連	*ren
漣	*ren
鰱	*ren
翴	*ren
鏈	*ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen
璉	*renʔ
僆	*renʔ, *reːns
摙	*renʔ, *rens
蓮	*renʔ, *reːn
嗹	*reːn
縺	*reːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ren) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ling⁵ / lêng⁵ / liang⁵ / liêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lin⁴
    • Yale: lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
    • Tâi-lô: liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ling⁵ / lêng⁵ / liang⁵ / liêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng / lêng / liâng / liêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵⁵/, /leŋ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/, /lieŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ling5/lêng5 - colloquial;
• liang5/liêng5 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: ljen

Rime
Character	鰱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力延切
Baxter	ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/
Li Rong	/liɛn/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ren/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰱
Reading #	1/1
No.	7994
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	連
Old Chinese	/*ren/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鰱

1. (～魚) any fish of the genus Hypophthalmichthys, especially the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)

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Japanese

Kanji

鰱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. silver carp
2. fish of genus Hypophthalmichthys

Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)
• Kun: たなご (tanago, 鰱)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鰱
たなご Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

鰱(たなご) or 鰱(タナゴ) • (tanago) 

1. a bitterling (a small fish of the carp family)

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Korean

Hanja

鰱 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

1. Salmon

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鰱 (liên)

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