# 鱔

| 鱔 | U+9C54, &#40020; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C54 |
| ← 鱓 [U+9C53] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鱕 → [U+9C55] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鱔 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火廿土口 (NFTGR) or 弓火廿廿口 (NFTTR), four-corner 2836$_1$, composition ⿰魚善)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46499
* Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 39
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4714, character 18
* Unihan data for U+9C54

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 橏 | *tjenʔ |
| 嫸 | *tjenʔ |
| 善 | *ɡjenʔ |
| 譱 | *ɡjenʔ |
| 蟮 | *djanʔ |
| 鱔 | *djanʔ |
| 僐 | *djenʔ, *djens |
| 鄯 | *djenʔ, *djens |
| 墡 | *djenʔ |
| 磰 | *djenʔ |
| 繕 | *ɡjens |
| 膳 | *djens |
| 饍 | *djens |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàn (shan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sen$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): san$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siêng / chiâng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siang$^6$ / siêng$^6$ / cuan$^6$ / cuain$^6$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shenn$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^4$
*** Yale: shàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^5$
*** Yale: síhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sen²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân
*** Hakka Romanization System: san$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /san²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siêng / chiâng
*** Sinological IPA : /siɛŋ²⁴²/, /t͡sʰiɑŋ²⁴²/
* siêng - literary;
* chiâng - vernacular.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djanʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鱔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11087 |
| Phonetic component | 善 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 善 |
| Old Chinese | /*djanʔ/ |
| Notes | 古作鱓 |

### Definitions

鱔
* eel; swamp eel
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) resembling advertorial
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) four

#### Compounds

* 死蛇爛鱔／死蛇烂鳝
* 白鱔／白鳝 (báishàn)
* 鱔稿／鳝稿
* 鱔絲／鳝丝 (shànsī)
* 鱔魚／鳝鱼 (shànyú)
* 黃鱔／黄鳝 (huángshàn)

### References

* “鱔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぜん (zen)、だ (da)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)、た (ta)
* Kun: うみへび (umihebi, 鱔)、ごまめ (gomame)

## Korean
### Hanja

鱔 (eum 선 (seon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鱔: Hán Nôm readings: thiện, lươn
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#### References

* Nom Foundation