鰈

See also 鲽

Translingual

simpl.		鲽
trad.		鰈

Etymology

魚 (“fish”) + 枼 (“table, flat wood”) – flat (枼) fish (魚).

Han character

鰈 (radical 195 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火心廿木 (NFPTD), four-corner 2439₄)

1. flatfish
2. flounder
3. sole

Descendants

• 鲽

References

• KangXi: page 1474, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46322
• Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4700, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9C08

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鰈 (simplified 鲽, Yale dip6)

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Japanese

Kanji

鰈

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō), とう (tō)
• Kun: かれい (karei)

Noun

鰈 (hiragana かれい, romaji karei)

1. flatfish

Alternative forms

• カレイ (karei)

Usage notes

• Japanese distinguish 鰈 from 平目. - see 左平目に右鰈

See also

• 平目 (ひらめ, hirame): flounder, flatfish

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Korean

Hanja

鰈 (hangeul 접, revised jeop, McCune-Reischauer chŏp, Yale cep)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鰈 (simplified 鲽, pinyin dié (die2), Wade-Giles tieh²)