鰇

鰇 U+9C07, 鰇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C07 ← 鰆 [U+9C06] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰈 → [U+9C08]

Translingual

Han character

鰇 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火弓竹木 (NFNHD), four-corner 2739₄, composition ⿰魚柔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1474, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46319
• Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9C07

Chinese

trad.		鰇
simp.		𬶧
alternative forms		柔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

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

Etymology

Specialization of 柔 (MC nyuw, “soft; flexible”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róu (rou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû / jiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róu
    • Wade–Giles: jou²
    • Yale: róu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou
    • Palladius: жоу (žou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
    • Tâi-lô: liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiû
    • Tâi-lô: jiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziu¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuw

Rime
Character	鰇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	耳由切
Baxter	nyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuw/
Li Rong	/ȵiu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	róu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mju/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰇
Reading #	1/1
No.	8833
Phonetic component	矛
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	柔
Old Chinese	/*mju/

Definitions

鰇

1. ^† squid

Compounds

• 鰇魚 / 𬶧鱼 (róuyú)