# 鮫

| 鮫 | U+9BAB, &#39851; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BAB |
| ← 鮪 [U+9BAA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鮬 → [U+9BAC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鮫 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜金大 (NFYCK), four-corner 2034$_8$, composition ⿰魚交)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1469, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46127
* Dae Jaweon: page 2002, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4688, character 4
* Unihan data for U+9BAB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 烄 | *keːws, *kreːwʔ |
| 礮 | *pʰreːws |
| 交 | *kreːw |
| 郊 | *kreːw |
| 茭 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 蛟 | *kreːw |
| 鮫 | *kreːw |
| 鵁 | *kreːw |
| 咬 | *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw |
| 鉸 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws |
| 佼 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 詨 | *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 絞 | *kreːwʔ |
| 狡 | *kreːwʔ |
| 姣 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 筊 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 校 | *kreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 珓 | *kreːws |
| 跤 | *kʰreːw |
| 頝 | *kʰreːw |
| 骹 | *kʰraːw |
| 齩 | *ŋɡreːwʔ |
| 洨 | *ɡreːw |
| 胶 | *ɡreːw |
| 效 | *ɡreːws |
| 効 | *ɡreːws |
| 傚 | *ɡreːws |
| 皎 | *keːwʔ |
| 恔 | *keːwʔ |
| 晈 | *keːwʔ |
| 窔 | *qeːws |
| 駮 | *pqreːwɢ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$
*** Yale: jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^1$
*** Yale: gāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau
*** Tâi-lô: kau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kaew
Rime :
| Character | 鮫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古肴切 |
| Baxter | kaew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /kau/ |
| Wang Li | /kau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鮫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6300 |
| Phonetic component | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 交 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːw/ |

### Definitions

鮫
* (literary, or in compounds) porbeagle shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

#### Synonyms

* 鯊魚／鲨鱼 (shāyú)

#### Compounds

* 琵琶鮫 / 琵琶鲛
* 銀鮫 / 银鲛 (yínjiāo)
* 鋸鮫 / 锯鲛 (jùjiāo)
* 長尾鮫 / 长尾鲛
* 青鮫 / 青鲛 (qīngjiāo)
* 馬鮫魚 / 马鲛鱼
* 騾鮫 / 骡鲛
* 鲛人
* 鮫人 / 鲛人
* 鮫函 / 鲛函
* 鮫綃 / 鲛绡

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* shark

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: さめ (same, 鮫)、みずち (mizuchi, 鮫)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鮫
* さめ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *samay.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) さめ [sàmé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sa̠me̞]

### Noun

鮫(さめ) or 鮫(サメ) • (same)
* a shark (fish)
** 1999 July 5, “グレート・ホワイト [Great White]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:
    巨(きょ)大(だい)な白(しろ)いサメ。大(おお)きな口(くち)で噛(か)みつかれたら逃(のが)れられない。
       Kyodai na shiroi same. Ōki na kuchi de kamitsukaretara nogarerarenai.
       A giant white shark. It is utterly impossible to get out of its gigantic biting jaw.

#### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as サメ.

### References

* ↑ Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鮫 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鮫: Hán Việt readings: giao
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).