# 鯢

| 鯢 | U+9BE2, &#39906; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BE2 |
| ← 鯡 [U+9BE1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鯣 → [U+9BE3] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 鯢 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰魚児 |
| Simplified | 鲵 |

### Han character

鯢 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹難山 (NFHXU), four-corner 2731$_7$, composition ⿰魚兒)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1472, character 37
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46245
* Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 43
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4696, character 18
* Unihan data for U+9BE2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 掜 | *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 誽 | *rŋeː |
| 倪 | *ŋeː |
| 蜺 | *ŋeː, *ŋeː |
| 霓 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː |
| 郳 | *ŋeː |
| 齯 | *ŋeː |
| 婗 | *ŋeː |
| 輗 | *ŋeː |
| 棿 | *ŋeː |
| 猊 | *ŋeː |
| 麑 | *ŋeː |
| 貎 | *ŋeː |
| 鯢 | *ŋeː |
| 兒 | *ŋeː, *ŋje |
| 觬 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 堄 | *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs |
| 晲 | *ŋeːʔ |
| 睨 | *ŋeːs |
| 唲 | *ŋje |
| 隉 | *ŋeːd |
| 鶂 | *ŋeːɡ |
| 鬩 | *ɦŋeːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).

### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje, “child”)?”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ní (ni$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngai$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngai$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ni$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gê
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngi$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ní
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$
*** Yale: ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^4$
*** Yale: ngàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡai²²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ni$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
*** Tâi-lô: gê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngi$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋi⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ngej
Rime :
| Character | 鯢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 五稽切 |
| Baxter | ngej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋei/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋiei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鯢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2747 |
| Phonetic component | 兒 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 倪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋeː/ |

### Definitions

鯢
* giant salamander
* (literary) female whale
* (literary) small fish
* (literary) Alternative form of 齯 / 𫠜 (ní)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鯢, 鯢魚, 人魚 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 大鯢 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 大鯢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 娃娃魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 娃娃魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 娃娃魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 娃娃魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 娃娃魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 娃娃魚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 娃娃魚, 海狗魚 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 娃娃魚兒 |

### Compounds

* 大鯢 / 大鲵 (dàní)
* 鯢魚 / 鲵鱼
* 鯢鮒 / 鲵鲋
* 鯨鯢 / 鲸鲵 (jīngní)
* 鯢鰍 / 鲵鳅
* 鯢鰌 / 鲵鳅
* 鯢齒 / 鲵齿

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰魚児 |
| Kyūjitai | 鯢 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰魚児)
* (Tokyo) salamander
* female whale
* small fish
* old person's teeth

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: げい (gei)
* Kun: さんしょううお (sanshōuo, 鯢)、めくじら (mekujira, 鯢)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 鯢
* さんしょううお Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* (Tokyo) さんしょーうお [sàńshóꜜòùò] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟o̞]

### Noun

鯢(さんしょううお) or 鯢(サンショウウオ) • (sanshōuo)
* Alternative spelling of 山椒魚 (“primitive salamander”)

## Korean
### Hanja

鯢 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)
* (도롱뇽) salamander

#### See also

* 鰐 or 鱷 (악, ag) crocodile, alligator
* 鰐魚 (악어, ag-eo) crocodile, alligator