鰠

See also: 鳋

鰠 U+9C20, 鰠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C20 ← 鰟 [U+9C1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰡 → [U+9C21]

Translingual

Han character

鰠 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火水戈戈 (NFEII), composition ⿰魚蚤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46372
• Dae Jaweon: page 2007, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4708, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9C20

Chinese

trad.		鰠
simp.		鳋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蚤	*ʔsuːʔ
慅	*sʰuːʔ, *suː
騷	*suː
搔	*suː
鰠	*suː
溞	*suː
颾	*suː
瘙	*suːs
瑵	*ʔsruːʔ
糔	*suʔ
鼜	*sʰɯːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāo (sao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sao
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: saw

Rime
Character	鰠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇遭切
Baxter	saw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saw/
Li Rong	/sɑu/
Wang Li	/sɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰠
Reading #	1/1
No.	16556
Phonetic component	蚤
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	騷
Old Chinese	/*suː/
Notes	見山海經

Definitions

鰠

1. ^† a fish similar to a sturgeon