鯢

See also: 鲵 and ⿰魚児

鯢 U+9BE2, 鯢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BE2 ← 鯡 [U+9BE1] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯣 → [U+9BE3]

Translingual

Traditional	鯢
Shinjitai (extended)	⿰魚児
Simplified	鲵

Han character

鯢 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹難山 (NFHXU), four-corner 2731₇, composition ⿰魚兒)

1. Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus, syn. Cryptobranchus japonicus)
2. any salamander

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1472, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46245
• Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 43
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4696, character 18
• Unihan data for U+9BE2

Chinese

trad.		鯢
simp.		鲵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
掜	*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	*ŋeː, *ŋeː
霓	*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	*ŋeː, *ŋje
觬	*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
堄	*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngai⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngai³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ni²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡai²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ni²
    • Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
    • Tâi-lô: gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	鯢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯢
Reading #	1/1
No.	2747
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

鯢

1. salamander
2. ^† female whale
3. ^† small fish
4. ^† Alternative form of 齯／𫠜 (ní)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娃娃魚 (“giant salamander”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鯢, 鯢魚, 人魚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大鯢
Taxonomic name		大鯢
Mandarin	Taiwan	娃娃魚
	Luoyang	娃娃魚
	Yinchuan	娃娃魚
	Guiyang	娃娃魚
	Liuzhou	娃娃魚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	娃娃魚
Huizhou	Jixi	娃娃魚, 海狗魚
Jin	Xinzhou	娃娃魚兒

Compounds

• 大鯢／大鲵 (dàní)
• 鯢魚／鲵鱼
• 鯢鮒／鲵鲋
• 鯨鯢／鲸鲵 (jīngní)
• 鯢鰍／鲵鳅
• 鯢鰌／鲵鳅
• 鯢齒／鲵齿

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	⿰魚児
Kyūjitai	鯢

Kanji

鯢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰魚児)

1. salamander
2. female whale
3. small fish
4. old person's teeth

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: げい (gei)
• Kun: さんしょううお (sanshōuo, 鯢)^{←さんせううを (sanseuwo, 鯢, historical)}; めくじら (mekujira, 鯢)^{←めくぢら (mekudira, 鯢, historical)}

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
鯢
さんしょううお Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) さんしょ​ーうお [sàńshóꜜòùò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

鯢(さんしょううお) or 鯢(サンショウウオ) • (sanshōuo) ^{←さんせううを (sanseuwo) or サンセウウヲ (sanseuwo)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 山椒魚 (“primitive salamander”)

Korean

salamander

Hanja

鯢 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

1. (도롱뇽) salamander

See also

• 鰐 or 鱷 (악, ag) crocodile, alligator
• 鰐魚 (악어, ag-eo) crocodile, alligator