鯥

鯥 U+9BE5, 鯥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BE5 ← 鯤 [U+9BE4] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯦 → [U+9BE6]

Translingual

Han character

鯥 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火土金土 (NFGCG), four-corner 2431₄, composition ⿰魚坴)

References

• KangXi: page 1473, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46249
• Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4694, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9BE5

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Chinese

trad.		鯥
simp.		𱇶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
睦	*mluɡ
坴	*m·ruɡ
陸	*m·ruɡ
稑	*ruɡ
鵱	*ruɡ
鯥	*ruɡ
淕	*ruɡ
踛	*ruɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶
    • Yale: luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	鯥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力竹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwk̚/
Li Rong	/liuk̚/
Wang Li	/lĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯥
Reading #	1/1
No.	8536
Phonetic component	坴
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	六
Old Chinese	/*ruɡ/
Notes	見山海經

Definitions

鯥

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Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”), combining the fish radical 魚 with 陸 (mutsu, “six”) or 睦 (mutsu-, “in good relations”) to represent むつ (mutsu, “gnomefish”).

Kanji

鯥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りく (riku)
• Kun: むつ (mutsu, 鯥)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鯥
むつ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鯥 – see the following entry.

【むつムツ】 [noun] gnomefish (Scombrops boops) Alternative spellings 鯥, 鱫, むつ

(This term, 鯥, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)