鯰

See also: 鲇 and 鲶
鯰 U+9BF0, 鯰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF0
← 鯯
[U+9BEF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鯱 →
[U+9BF1]

Translingual

Han character

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

References
    • KangXi: 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
    trad. 鯰
    simp. 鲶

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

    Usage notes

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

    Derived terms

    Japanese

    Glyph origin

    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
    鯰

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. a catfish

    Readings

    Etymology
    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

    Noun

    鯰(なまず) • (namazu) ←なまづ (namadu)?

    1. an Amur catfish (Silurus asotus)

    Usage notes
    • 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
    Derived terms
    • 上(あ)がり鯰(なまず) (agarinamazu)
    • 痺鯰(しびれなまず) (shibirenamazu)
    • 電気鯰(でんきなまず) (denkinamazu)
    • 鯰尾(なまずお) (namazuo)
    • 鯰隈(なまずぐま) (namazuguma)
    • 鯰肌(なまずはだ) (namazuhada)
    • 鯰髭(なまずひげ) (namazuhige)
    • 鯰坊主(なまずぼうず) (namazubōzu)
    • 瓢箪(ひょうたん)で鯰(なまず)を押(お)さえる (hyōtan de namazu o osaeru)

    References
    1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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