# 鯱

| 鯱 | U+9BF1, &#39921; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF1 |
| ← 鯰 [U+9BF0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鯲 → [U+9BF2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鯱 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜心弓 (NFYPN) or 弓火卜心山 (NFYPU), composition ⿰魚虎)
* (Japan) killer whale, orca

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46286
* Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 28
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4695, character 16
* Unihan data for U+9BF1

## Chinese

* 鯱

### Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鯱 (shachi).

### Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 虎 (hǔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǔ (hu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^3$
*** Yale: hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³⁵/

### Definitions

鯱
* (Japanese mythology) shachihoko (carp with the head of a tiger)

## Japanese
### Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* killer whale

#### Readings

* Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: しゃち (shachi, 鯱)、しゃちほこ (shachihoko, 鯱)、しゃっちょこ (shatchoko, 鯱)
* Nanori: しゃち (shachi)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゃち [sháꜜchì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕa̠t͡ɕi]

#### Noun

鯱(しゃち) or 鯱(シャチ) • (shachi)
* orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
    Synonym: 逆叉 (sakamata)
* (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger

##### Derived terms

* 鯱(しゃち)瓦(がわら) (shachigawara)
* 鯱(しゃち)張(ば)り返(かえ)る (shachibarikaeru)
* 鯱(しゃち)張(ば)る (shachibaru)
* 鯱(しゃち)巻(ま)き (shachimaki)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 鯱
* しゃちほこ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 鯱鉾
From 鯱 (shachi) +‎ 鉾 (hoko).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゃちほこ [shàchíhókó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕa̠t͡ɕi̥ho̞ko̞]

#### Noun

鯱(しゃちほこ) • (shachihoko)
* (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
* Synonym of 鯱瓦 (shachihoko-gawara, “decorative tiles placed at the end of a roof-beam in the shape of shachihoko”)
* Synonym of 松毬魚 (matsukasa-uo, “Japanese pinecone fish, Monocentris japonica”)

##### Derived terms

* 鯨(くじら)に鯱(しゃちほこ) (kujira ni shachihoko)
* 鯱蛾(しゃちほこが) (shachihokoga), 天社蛾(しゃちほこが) (shachihokoga)
* 鯱瓦(しゃちほこがわら) (shachihokogawara)
* 鯱立(しゃちほこだ)ち (shachihokodachi)
* 鯱張(しゃちほこば)る (shachihokobaru), 鯱張(しゃちこば)る (shachikobaru)
* 鯱虫(しゃちほこむし) (shachihokomushi)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 鯱
* しゃっちょこ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Alteration of shachihoko.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゃっちょこ [shàtchókó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕa̠t̚t͡ɕo̞ko̞]

#### Noun

鯱(しゃっちょこ) • (shatchoko)
* (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger

##### Derived terms

* 鯱(しゃっちょこ)立(だ)ち (shatchokodachi)
* 鯱(しゃっちょこ)張(ば)る (shatchokobaru)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: さち (sachi, 鯱)

### Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鯱 (shachi).

### Noun

鯱(さち) (sachi)
* orca