鮎

See also: 鲇

鮎 U+9B8E, 鮎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B8E ← 鮍 [U+9B8D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鮏 → [U+9B8F]

Translingual

Han character

鮎 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜口 (NFYR), composition ⿰魚占)

See also

• 占

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1468, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46070
• Dae Jaweon: page 2001, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4680, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9B8E

Chinese

trad.		鮎
simp.		鲇
alternative forms		鯰／鲶

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• 鮎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *neːm): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 占 (OC *ʔljem, *tjems).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	鮎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴兼切
Baxter	nem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nem/
Pan Wuyun	/nem/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛm/
Li Rong	/nem/
Wang Li	/niem/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nim4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鮎
Reading #	1/1
No.	16733
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鮎
Old Chinese	/*neːm/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nián (nian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nián
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nián
    • Wade–Giles: nien²
    • Yale: nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nian
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nim⁴
    • Yale: nìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nem

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːm/

Definitions

鮎

1. catfish (fishes in order Siluriformes), especially Amur catfish (Silurus asotus)

Usage notes

Rarely used in Chinese. The variant form 鯰／鲶 is more often used for the word catfish.

Compounds

• 鮎溜 / 鲇溜
• 鮎魚 / 鲇鱼 (niányú)
• 鮎魚上竹竿 / 鲇鱼上竹竿