鮟

鮟 U+9B9F, 鮟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B9F ← 鮞 [U+9B9E] CJK Unified Ideographs 鮠 → [U+9BA0]

Translingual

Han character

鮟 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火十女 (NFJV), four-corner 2334₄, composition ⿰魚安)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1469, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46108
• Dae Jaweon: page 2001, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4689, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9B9F

Chinese

trad.		鮟
simp.		𩽾

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àn (an⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴
    • Yale: àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹/

Definitions

鮟

1. ^‡ Name of a kind of fish.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ān, àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ, ㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴
    • Yale: àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹/

Definitions

鮟

1. Only used in 鮟鱇／𩽾𩾌 (ānkāng).

Compounds

• 鮟鱇／𩽾𩾌 (ānkāng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

鮟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. anglerfish, monkfish

Readings

• Go-on: あん (an)
• Kan-on: あん (an)

Compounds

• 鮟鱇(あんこう) (ankō): anglerfish, monkfish
• 鮟肝(あんきも) (ankimo): monkfish liver

Usage notes

Only found in compounds. Not used in isolation.

Korean

Hanja

鮟 • (an) (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

1. (아귀) monkfish

Synonyms

• 鱇 (강, gang)

Compounds

• 鮟鱇 (안강, an-gang) monkfish