鯰

See also: 鲇 and 鲶

鯰	U+9BF0, 鯰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF0

← 鯯
[U+9BEF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯱 →
[U+9BF1]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

鯰 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火人戈心 (NFOIP), four-corner 2833₂, composition ⿰魚念)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46285
Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4697, character 13
Unihan data for U+9BF0

Chinese edit

trad.		鯰
simp.		鲶

Glyph origin edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鯰 (namazu).

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 鯰 – see 鮎 (“catfish (fishes in order, especially Amur catfish”). (This character is a variant form of 鮎).

Usage notes edit

Commonly used for the catfish sense in written Chinese, due to the rarity of 鮎／鲇 (nián).

Derived terms edit

鯰魚／鲶鱼 (niányú)

Japanese edit

Glyph origin edit

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”),^[1] using the 魚 radical on the left for its meaning of “fish”, and 念 on the right for its phonetic value as a homophone of 粘 (nen, “sticky; slimy”).

Kanji edit

鯰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

a catfish

Readings edit

Kan’yō-on: ねん (nen)^{←ねん (nen, historical)}^{←ねむ (nemu, ancient)}
Kun: なまず (namazu, 鯰)^{←なまづ (namadu, 鯰, historical)}

Etymology edit

鯰 on Japanese Wikipedia

鯰 (namazu): a biologist's depiction of a Amur catfish (Japanese catfish).

Kanji in this term
鯰
なまず Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Possibly from 滑 (nama, “slippery, slimy”, possible ancient alternate for name reading) +‎ 頭 (zu, “head”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) なまず [nàmázú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠zɨᵝ]

Noun edit

鯰(なまず) or 鯰(ナマズ) • (namazu) ^{←なまづ (namadu)^?}

an Amur catfish (Silurus asotus)

Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ナマズ.

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-1] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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