鮪

See also: 鲔

鮪 U+9BAA, 鮪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BAA ← 鮩 [U+9BA9] CJK Unified Ideographs 鮫 → [U+9BAB]

Translingual

Han character

鮪 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火大月 (NFKB), four-corner 2432₇, composition ⿰魚有)

1. kind of sturgeon,

Derived characters

• 𤃽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1469, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46126
• Dae Jaweon: page 2002, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4685, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9BAA

Chinese

trad.		鮪
simp.		鲔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui² / kui² / wai⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): úi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fui² / kui² / wai⁵
    • Yale: fúi / kúi / wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui² / kui² / wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui² / kui² / wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³⁵/, /kʰuːi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
    • Tâi-lô: uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwijX

Rime
Character	鮪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	榮美切
Baxter	hwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwiX/
Li Rong	/ɣjuiX/
Wang Li	/ɣwiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷrəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鮪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wěi
Middle Chinese	‹ hwijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷrəʔ/
English	sturgeon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鮪
Reading #	1/1
No.	15612
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	洧
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/

Definitions

鮪

1. Chinese paddlefish or Chinese swordfish (†Psephurus gladius)

   Synonym: 鱘 / 鲟 (xún)

2. tuna

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鮪魚 (“tuna”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鮪, 鮪魚, 金槍魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鮪魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吞那魚, 青干
	Hong Kong	吞拿魚
	Macau	吞拿魚, 亞冬魚
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	串仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	刀鯧
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	串仔
Southern Min	Taipei (Wanhua)	串仔魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	串仔
	Kaohsiung	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	串仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	串仔
	Yilan	串仔魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	串仔
	Taichung	串仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	串仔魚
	Tainan	串仔魚, 串仔
	Tainan (Anping)	串仔
	Taitung	串仔
	Hsinchu	串仔魚
	Penghu (Magong)	串仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	串仔

Compounds

• 叔鮪 / 叔鲔
• 王鮪 / 王鲔
• 白卜鮪 / 白卜鲔
• 魚鮪 / 鱼鲔
• 鮪釣 / 鲔钓
• 鮪魚 / 鲔鱼 (wěiyú)
• 鮪魚肚 / 鲔鱼肚
• 鮛鮪 / 𱇨鲔