鱏

鱏 U+9C4F, 鱏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C4F ← 鱎 [U+9C4E] CJK Unified Ideographs 鱐 → [U+9C50]

Translingual

Han character

鱏 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, Cangjie input 弓火一月十 (NFMBJ) or 弓火一田十 (NFMWJ), composition ⿰魚覃)

1. sturgeon
2. same as 鲟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46488
• Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4713, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9C4F

Chinese

trad.		鱏
simp.		𱈓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鱏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鷣	*luː, *lɯm
撢	*l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	*l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	*l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	*l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂	*l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	*l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫	*l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	*ljɯm, *lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xún (xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syún
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²
    • Yale: syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zim, yim

Rime
Character	鱏	鱏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	徐林切	餘針切
Baxter	zim	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪm/	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/zim/	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/zjem/	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zim/	/jim/
Li Rong	/ziəm/	/iəm/
Wang Li	/zĭĕm/	/jĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯əm/	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xín	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4	jam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯm/, /*lɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鱏	鱏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12338	12345
Phonetic component	覃	覃
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	尋	淫
Old Chinese	/*ljɯm/	/*lɯm/

Definitions

鱏

1. alternative form of 鱘 / 鲟 (xún, “sturgeon”)

Japanese

Kanji

鱏

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ray
2. skate

Readings

• Go-on: じん (jin)^{←じん (zin, historical)←じむ (zimu, ancient)}、いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}、いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)}
• Kun: えい (ei, 鱏)^{←えひ (efi, 鱏, historical)}、かじき (kajiki, 鱏)^{←かぢき (kadiki, 鱏, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鱏
えい Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
鱝 鰩 海鷂魚

From Ainu アイ (ay, “arrow”, by extension, "point"), by its stingers (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えい [éꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞i]

Noun

鱏(えい) or 鱏(エイ) • (ei) ^{←えひ (efi)?}

1. ray (fish of superorder Batoidea)

Usage notes

• Refers to rays in general. Stingrays commonly found in Japan are called 赤(アカ)鱏(エイ) (akaei, “red stingray”)
• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鱏
かじき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑikʲi]

Noun

鱏(かじき) or 鱏(カジキ) • (kajiki) ^{←かぢき (kadiki) or カヂキ (kadiki)?}

1. alternative spelling of 梶木 (“marlin”)

References

• “^▲鱏”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

鱏 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

1. sturgeon