# 鰊

| 鰊 | U+9C0A, &#39946; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C0A |
| ← 鰉 [U+9C09] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鰋 → [U+9C0B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鰊 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火木田火 (NFDWF), composition ⿰魚柬)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1474, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46325
* Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4700, character 13
* Unihan data for U+9C0A

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liàn (lian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lin$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^4$
*** Yale: lyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
*** Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lin$^6$
*** Yale: lihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lin$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lin$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːn²²/
* Middle Chinese: lenH
Rime :
| Character | 鰊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎甸切 |
| Baxter | lenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /len$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /len$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /len$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lien$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lin$^6$ |

### Definitions

鰊
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* herring

#### Readings

* Go-on: れん (ren)
* Kan-on: れん (ren)
* Kun: にしん (nishin, 鰊)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かど [káꜜdò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ka̠do̞]

#### Noun

鰊(かど) or 鰊(カド) • (kado)
* (chiefly Tohōku) Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

##### Derived terms

* かずの子(こ), 数(かず)の子(こ), 鯑(カズノコ) (kazunoko, “herring roe”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 鰊
* にしん Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 鯡
Uncertain.
* Probably from ニ親 (ni shin, two + parent, as in father and mother), due to the large number of herring offsprings.
* Can also be from 煮渋 (ni shibu, boil(ed dish) + bitter).
* From 二身 (ni shin, two + body), from the way it is prepared before cooking.
* It can also be from a clipping of 西の海の魚 (nishi no umi no uo, literally, "fish of the west seas").
(Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にしん [níꜜshìǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɲ̟iɕĩɴ]

#### Noun

鰊(にしん) or 鰊(ニシン) • (nishin)
* Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

##### Compounds

* 鰊(にしん)粕(かす) (nishinkasu, “dried and pressed boiled herring”, used as fertilizer)
* 鰊(にしん)曇(ぐも)り (nishin-gumori)
* 鰊(にしん)蕎麦(そば) (nishin-soba)
* 身(み)欠(か)き鰊(にしん) (mikaki nishin, “dried, sliced herring”)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

### Further reading

* Etymology entry for 鰊 at Gogen-Yurai Jiten (Etymology and Origin Dictionary, in Japanese): http://gogen-allguide.com/ni/nishin.html
* Etymology entry for 鰊 at All Fish Gyo (in Japanese): https://web.archive.org/web/20170103102135/http://allfishgyo.com/486.html

## Korean
### Hanja

鰊 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)
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