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U+9BCA, 鯊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BCA

[U+9BC9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9BCB]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 195, +7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 水竹弓田火 (EHNWF), four-corner 39336, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1471, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46186
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 37
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4693, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9BCA

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sraːl): phonetic (OC *sraːl, *sraːls) + semantic (fish).

Etymology

“shark”
so named as its crude skin similar to sand ( (shā)).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sua1 - vernacular;
  • sa1 - literary.

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of small fish (clarification of this definition is needed)
    Synonym:  / 𬶍 (tuó)
  2. shark

Synonyms

Compounds

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kan-on: (sa)
  • Kun: はぜ (haze)さめ (same)

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old Japanese.

Noun

(はぜ) or (ハゼ) (haze) 

  1. goby

Derived terms

  • ()(はぜ) (mahaze, yellowfin goby)
  • 極楽(ごくらく)(はぜ) (gokurakuhaze, barcheek goby)
  • 蚯蚓(みみず)(はぜ) (mimizuhaze, flat-headed goby)
  • (とび)(はぜ) (tobihaze, mudskipper)

Korean

Hanja

(sa) (hangeul )

  1. (uncommon) shark

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