# 鰇

| 鰇 | U+9C07, &#39943; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C07 |
| ← 鰆 [U+9C06] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鰈 → [U+9C08] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鰇 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火弓竹木 (NFNHD), four-corner 2739$_4$, composition ⿰魚柔)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1474, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46319
* Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 12
* Unihan data for U+9C07

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 堥 | *muː, *mu |
| 蓩 | *muːʔ, *moːɡ |
| 猱 | *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us |
| 茅 | *mruː |
| 罞 | *mruː, *muːŋ |
| 蝥 | *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs |
| 鶜 | *mruː |
| 瞀 | *moːɡs, *mroːɡ |
| 愗 | *moːɡs |
| 袤 | *mus |
| 雺 | *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs |
| 懋 | *mus |
| 楙 | *mus |
| 矛 | *mu |
| 蟊 | *mu |
| 髳 | *mu, *muːŋ |
| 鍪 | *mu |
| 鞪 | *mu, *moːɡ |
| 糅 | *ml'us |
| 腬 | *ml'us, *mlju |
| 柔 | *mlju |
| 揉 | *mju |
| 蹂 | *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 鍒 | *mju |
| 騥 | *mju |
| 蝚 | *mju |
| 葇 | *mju, *mjuʔ |
| 鞣 | *mju, *mjus |
| 鰇 | *mju |
| 瑈 | *mju |
| 鶔 | *mju |
| 楺 | *mjuʔ |
| 煣 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 輮 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 韖 | *mjuʔ |
| 敄 | *moʔ, *mos |
| 務 | *moɡs |
| 鶩 | *moɡs, *moːɡ |
| 騖 | *moɡs |
| 婺 | *moɡs |
| 霚 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 嵍 | *moɡs |
| 霧 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 霿 | *moːŋ, *moːŋs |
| 楘 | *moːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mju): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 柔 (OC *mlju).

### Etymology

Specialization of 柔 (MC nyuw, “soft; flexible”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): róu (rou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû / jiû
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: róu
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: róu
*** Wade–Giles: jou$^2$
*** Yale: róu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou
*** Palladius: жоу (žou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^4$
*** Yale: yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
*** Tâi-lô: liû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiû
*** Tâi-lô: jiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jiuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziu¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziu²³/
* Middle Chinese: nyuw
Rime :
| Character | 鰇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 耳由切 |
| Baxter | nyuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵuw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | róu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mju/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鰇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8833 |
| Phonetic component | 矛 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 柔 |
| Old Chinese | /*mju/ |

### Definitions

鰇
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) squid

### Compounds

* 鰇魚 / 𬶧鱼 (róuyú)