鱔

See also: 鳝

鱔 U+9C54, 鱔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C54 ← 鱓 [U+9C53] CJK Unified Ideographs 鱕 → [U+9C55]

Translingual

Han character

鱔 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火廿土口 (NFTGR) or 弓火廿廿口 (NFTTR), four-corner 2836₁, composition ⿰魚善)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46499
• Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 39
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4714, character 18
• Unihan data for U+9C54

Chinese

trad.		鱔
simp.		鳝
alternative forms		鱣／鳣 䱉 䱇／𱇞 鱓／鳝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
橏	*tjenʔ
嫸	*tjenʔ
善	*ɡjenʔ
譱	*ɡjenʔ
蟮	*djanʔ
鱔	*djanʔ
僐	*djenʔ, *djens
鄯	*djenʔ, *djens
墡	*djenʔ
磰	*djenʔ
繕	*ɡjens
膳	*djens
饍	*djens

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sen⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): san¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): siêng / chiâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang⁶ / siêng⁶ / cuan⁶ / cuain⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁵
    • Yale: síhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sen²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /san²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siêng / chiâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛŋ²⁴²/, /t͡sʰiɑŋ²⁴²/

Note:

• siêng - literary;
• chiâng - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān
    • Tâi-lô: siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang⁶ / siêng⁶ / cuan⁶ / cuain⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siăng / siĕng / tshuăⁿ / tshuăiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³⁵/, /sieŋ³⁵/, /t͡sʰũã³⁵/, /t͡sʰũãĩ³⁵/

Note:

• siang6/siêng6 - literary (siêng6 - Chaozhou);
• cuan6/cuain6 - vernacular (cuain6 - Chaozhou).

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鱔
Reading #	1/1
No.	11087
Phonetic component	善
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	善
Old Chinese	/*djanʔ/
Notes	古作鱓

Definitions

鱔

1. eel; swamp eel
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) resembling advertorial
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) four

Compounds

• 死蛇爛鱔／死蛇烂鳝
• 白鱔／白鳝 (báishàn)
• 鱔稿／鳝稿
• 鱔絲／鳝丝 (shànsī)
• 鱔魚／鳝鱼 (shànyú)
• 黃鱔／黄鳝 (huángshàn)

 

References

• “鱔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鱔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen); だ (da)
• Kan-on: せん (sen); た (ta)
• Kun: うみへび (umihebi, 鱔); ごまめ (gomame)

Korean

Hanja

鱔 (eum 선 (seon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鱔: Hán Nôm readings: thiện, lươn

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References

• Nom Foundation