# 鰭

| 鰭 | U+9C2D, &#39981; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C2D |
| ← 鰬 [U+9C2C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鰮 → [U+9C2E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鰭 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 弓火十心日 (NFJPA), four-corner 2436$_1$, composition ⿰魚耆)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46400
* Dae Jaweon: page 2007, character 42
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 20
* Unihan data for U+9C2D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 稽 | *kiː, *kʰiːʔ |
| 詣 | *ŋɡiːs |
| 栺 | *ŋɡiːs, *kji |
| 榰 | *klje |
| 脂 | *kji |
| 鴲 | *kji, *kjis |
| 指 | *kjiʔ |
| 旨 | *kjiʔ |
| 恉 | *kjiʔ |
| 嗜 | *ɡjis |
| 蓍 | *qʰlji |
| 鰭 | *ɡri |
| 耆 | *ɡri |
| 鮨 | *ɡri |
| 鬐 | *ɡri |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí (qi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhì
* Eastern Min (BUC): gì
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ji
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$
*** Yale: kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhì
*** Hakka Romanization System: qi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
*** Tâi-lô: kî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ji
*** MiniDict: ji$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$jji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/
* Middle Chinese: gjij
Rime :
| Character | 鰭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠脂切 |
| Baxter | gjij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gi/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]rij/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡri/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鰭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gij › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]rij/ |
| English | dorsal fin of a fish |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鰭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17331 |
| Phonetic component | 旨 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鬐 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡri/ |

### Definitions

鰭
* (anatomy, ichthyology) fish fin

#### Compounds

* 偶鰭 / 偶鳍
* 尾鰭 / 尾鳍 (wěiqí)
* 弓鰭魚 / 弓鳍鱼
* 狼鰭魚 / 狼鳍鱼
* 白鰭豚 / 白鳍豚 (báiqítún)
* 肉鰭 / 肉鳍
* 背鰭 / 背鳍 (bèiqí)
* 脊鰭 / 脊鳍 (jǐqí)
* 胸鰭 / 胸鳍 (xiōngqí)
* 腹鰭 / 腹鳍 (fùqí)
* 臀鰭 / 臀鳍 (túnqí)
* 魚鰭 / 鱼鳍 (yúqí)
* 鰭刺 / 鳍刺
* 鰭腳目 / 鳍脚目

### References

* “鰭”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “鳍”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 182.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* fin

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: ひれ (hire, 鰭)、はた (hata, 鰭)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひれ [hìréꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [çiɾe̞]

### Noun

鰭(ひれ) • (hire)
* fin (of a fish)
    Synonym: フィン (fuin)

#### Derived terms

* 脂鰭(あぶらびれ) (aburabire)
* 尾鰭(おびれ) (obire)
* 臀鰭(しりびれ) (shiribire)
* 背鰭(せびれ) (sebire)
* 腹鰭(はらびれ) (harabire)
* 鱶鰭(ふかひれ) (fukahire)
* 胸鰭(むねびれ) (munebire)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鰭 (eum 기 (gi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鰭: Hán Nôm readings: kì
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#### References

* Nom Foundation