# 鱏

| 鱏 | U+9C4F, &#40015; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C4F |
| ← 鱎 [U+9C4E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鱐 → [U+9C50] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鱏 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火一月十 (NFMBJ) or 弓火一田十 (NFMWJ), composition ⿰魚覃)
* sturgeon
* same as 鲟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46488
* Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4713, character 3
* Unihan data for U+9C4F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 鱏
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 鷣 | *luː, *lɯm |
| 撢 | *l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ |
| 憛 | *l̥ʰɯːms |
| 潭 | *l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ |
| 譚 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 覃 | *l'ɯːm |
| 鐔 | *l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm |
| 藫 | *l'ɯːm |
| 橝 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 蟫 | *l'ɯːm, *lɯm |
| 燂 | *l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum |
| 醰 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms |
| 禫 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 嘾 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 贉 | *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms |
| 瞫 | *l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ |
| 蕈 | *zlɯmʔ |
| 鱏 | *ljɯm, *lɯm |
| 簟 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 驔 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 磹 | *l'ɯːms |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xún (xun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xún
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syún
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$
*** Yale: syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
*** Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: zim, yim
Rime :
| Character | 鱏 | 鱏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (139) | 侵 (139) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 徐林切 | 餘針切 |
| Baxter | zim | yim |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziɪm/ | /jiɪm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zim/ | /jim/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjem/ | /jem/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zim/ | /jim/ |
| Li Rong | /ziəm/ | /iəm/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭĕm/ | /jĭĕm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯əm/ | /i̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xín | yín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cam$^4$ | jam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯm/, /*lɯm/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鱏 | 鱏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12338 | 12345 |
| Phonetic component | 覃 | 覃 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 尋 | 淫 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljɯm/ | /*lɯm/ |

### Definitions

鱏
* Alternative form of 鱘 / 鲟 (xún, “sturgeon”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* ray
* skate

#### Readings

* Go-on: じん (jin)、いん (in)
* Kan-on: しん (shin)、いん (in)
* Kun: えい (ei, 鱏)、かじき (kajiki, 鱏)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 鱏
* えい Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 鱝 海鷂魚
From Ainu アイ (ay, “arrow”, by extension, "point"), by its stingers (Can this etymology be sourced?).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) えい [éꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [e̞i]

#### Noun

鱏(えい) • (ei)
* ray (a kind of cartilaginous fish)

##### Usage notes

* Ei refers to rays in general. Stingrays commonly found in Japan are called 赤(アカ)鱏(エイ) (akaei, “red stingray”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 鱏
* かじき Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠ʑikʲi]

#### Noun

鱏(かじき) • (kajiki)
* Alternative spelling of 梶木 (“marlin”)

## Korean
### Hanja

鱏 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)
* sturgeon