# 鰱

| 鰱 | U+9C31, &#39985; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C31 |
| ← 鰰 [U+9C30] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鰲 → [U+9C32] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鰱 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜十十 (NFYJJ), four-corner 2533$_0$, composition ⿰魚連)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46415
* Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4705, character 11
* Unihan data for U+9C31

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 連 | *ren |
| 漣 | *ren |
| 鰱 | *ren |
| 翴 | *ren |
| 鏈 | *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen |
| 璉 | *renʔ |
| 僆 | *renʔ, *reːns |
| 摙 | *renʔ, *rens |
| 蓮 | *renʔ, *reːn |
| 嗹 | *reːn |
| 縺 | *reːn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ren) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lián (lian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lin$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ling$^5$ / lêng$^5$ / liang$^5$ / liêng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lián
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lián
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^2$
*** Yale: lyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
*** Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lin$^4$
*** Yale: lìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
*** Tâi-lô: liân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ling$^5$ / lêng$^5$ / liang$^5$ / liêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng / lêng / liâng / liêng
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ⁵⁵/, /leŋ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/, /lieŋ⁵⁵/
* ling5/lêng5 - colloquial;
* liang5/liêng5 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: ljen
Rime :
| Character | 鰱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力延切 |
| Baxter | ljen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lian/ |
| Li Rong | /liɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ren/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鰱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7994 |
| Phonetic component | 連 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 連 |
| Old Chinese | /*ren/ |

### Definitions

鰱
* (～魚) any fish of the genus Hypophthalmichthys, especially the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
    Synonym: 鱮／𫚈

### Compounds

* 大海鰱／大海鲢
* 大頭鰱／大头鲢 (dàtóulián)
* 大鱗鰱／大鳞鲢
* 海鰱／海鲢
* 白鰱／白鲢 (báilián)
* 竹葉鰱／竹叶鲢 (zhúyèlián)
* 花鰱／花鲢 (huālián)
* 草鰱／草鲢
* 金線鰱／金线鲢 (jīnxiànlián)
* 鰱魚／鲢鱼 (liányú)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* silver carp
* fish of genus Hypophthalmichthys

#### Readings

* Go-on: れん (ren)
* Kan-on: れん (ren)
* Kun: たなご (tanago, 鰱)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鰱
* たなご Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

鰱(たなご) or 鰱(タナゴ) • (tanago)
* a bitterling (a small fish of the carp family)
    Synonym: 田平子 (tabirako)

#### Usage notes

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

## Korean
### Hanja

鰱 (eum 련 (ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 연 (yeon))
* salmon

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鰱: Hán Nôm readings: liên
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.