鯸

鯸 U+9BF8, 鯸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF8 ← 鯷 [U+9BF7] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯹 → [U+9BF9]

Translingual

Han character

鯸 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火人弓大 (NFONK), four-corner 2733₄, composition ⿰魚侯)

1. blowfish

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1473, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46291
• Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4702, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9BF8

Chinese

trad.		鯸
simp.		𱈄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
緱	*koː, *koː
侯	*ɡoː
喉	*ɡoː
猴	*ɡoː
瘊	*ɡoː
篌	*ɡoː
糇	*ɡoː
帿	*ɡoː
睺	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
矦	*ɡoː
餱	*ɡoː
翭	*ɡoː
葔	*ɡoː
鄇	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鍭	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鯸	*ɡoː
候	*ɡoːs
堠	*ɡoːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóu, zhēng (hou², zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ, ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóu
    • Wade–Giles: hou²
    • Yale: hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
    • Palladius: хоу (xou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁴
    • Yale: hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: huw

Rime
Character	鯸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸鉤切
Baxter	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯸
Reading #	1/1
No.	5153
Phonetic component	侯
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡoː/

Definitions

鯸

1. blowfish; globefish

Compounds

• 鯸鮐／𱈄鲐
• 鯸鮧／𱈄𱇧
• 鯸䱌／𱈄𱇬

 

Japanese

Kanji

鯸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); ぐ (gu)
• Kun: ふぐ (fugu)