鰤

鰤	U+9C24, 鰤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C24

Translingual

Han character

鰤 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+10, 21 strokes, Cangjie input 弓火竹口月 (NFHRB), four-corner 2132₇, composition ⿰魚師)

a yellowtail

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 39
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46381
Dae Jaweon: page 2007, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4707, character 3
Unihan data for U+9C24

Chinese

trad.		鰤
simp.		𫚕
alternative forms		魳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
篩	sreːl, srel, *sri
師	*sri
鰤	*sri
蒒	*sri
獅	*sri
螄	*sri

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shih
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹
  - Yale: shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
  - Palladius: ши (ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: srij

Rime
Character	鰤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疏夷切
Baxter	srij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂji/
Li Rong	/ʃji/
Wang Li	/ʃi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sri/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰤
Reading #	1/1
No.	11434
Phonetic component	師
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	師
Old Chinese	/*sri/

Definitions

鰤

yellowtail; amberjack

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鰤

(Hyōgai kanji)

Japanese amberjack

Readings

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: ぶり (buri, 鰤)、かます (kamasu)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鰤
ぶり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

ブリ on Japanese Wikipedia

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “starts with voiced consonant; unusual for japonic terms. w:ja:ブリ#名称 suggests an origin in 脂 (abura, “fat; oil”) abura > bura > buri or from ブリブリ (buriburi)”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ɾʲi]
(Tokyo) ぶり [búꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]

Noun

鰤(ぶり) or 鰤(ブリ) • (buri)

Japanese amberjack, yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata
Hyponyms: 魬 (hamachi, “young Japanese amberjack”), 鰤 (buri, “adult Japanese amberjack”)
adult Japanese amberjack
Hypernym: ぶり (buri, “Japanese amberjack”)

Coordinate term: 魬 (hamachi, “young Japanese amberjack”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
This fish has different names (出世魚) depending on regional dialect and the size of the fish. See ブリ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja for a fuller list (in Japanese).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鰤
かます Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

鰤(かます) or 鰤(カマス) • (kamasu)

alternative spelling of 梭子魚 (kamasu, “barracuda”)

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲鰤”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

鰤 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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[NHK-1] 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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

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