# 鰓

| 鰓 | U+9C13, &#39955; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C13 |
| ← 鰒 [U+9C12] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鰔 → [U+9C14] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鰓 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田心 (NFWP), four-corner 2633$_0$, composition ⿰魚思)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46344
* Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4701, character 15
* Unihan data for U+9C13

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 腮?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sāi (sai$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sôi
    (Hailu, HRS): soi$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): săi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ci$^1$ / so$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhi / sai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ci$^1$ / sai$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$se
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sai
*** Wade–Giles: sai$^1$
*** Yale: sāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sai
*** Palladius: сай (saj)
*** Sinological IPA : /saɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soi$^1$
*** Yale: sōi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: soi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi
*** Hakka Romanization System: soi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: soi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: soi$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /soi⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: săi
*** Sinological IPA : /sai⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ci$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰi⁵³³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seo
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬo⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɵ⁵³³/
* ci1 - vernacular;
* so1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: soj
Rime :
| Character | 鰓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇來切 |
| Baxter | soj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /səi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /səj/ |
| Li Rong | /sᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /sɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sāi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | soi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*snɯː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鰓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13826 |
| Phonetic component | 囟 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鰓 |
| Old Chinese | /*snɯː/ |

#### Definitions

鰓
* fish gill

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鰓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鰓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 魚嘎撒, 嘎撒, 魚嘎水, 魚棵鰓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鰓, 魚鰓, 結鰓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 魚鰓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 魚鰓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 魚耳鰓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 魚鰓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 魚鰓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 魚鰓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鰓, 鰓巴, 魚鰓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 魚鰓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 魚鰓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 魚鰓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 魚鰓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 魚鰓 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 魚頦鰓 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 魚鰓 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頦鰓 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頦鰓 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頦鰓 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頦鰓 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頦鰓 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 頦鰓 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 魚鰓 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 魚葉鰓 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 魚鰓 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 魚兒鬍鰓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 魚鰓 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 魚鰓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 魚鰓 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 魚鰓 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 魚鰓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 魚鰓 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鰓, 魚蛤鰓 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 魚夾鰓 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頜鰓 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鰓 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 魚鰓兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 魚鰓 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鰓, 魚鰓 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鰓 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 魚鰓 |

#### Compounds

* 七鰓鰻 / 七鳃鳗 (qīsāimán)
* 曝鰓龍門 / 曝鳃龙门
* 海鰓 / 海鳃
* 瓣鰓類 / 瓣鳃类
* 蛤鰓 / 蛤鳃
* 魚蛤鰓 / 鱼蛤鳃
* 魚鰓 / 鱼鳃 (yúsāi)
* 鰓尾類 / 鳃尾类
* 鰓葉 / 鳃叶
* 鰓蓋 / 鳃盖
* 鰓蝨 / 鳃虱
* 鰓足類 / 鳃足类

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鰓 – see 葸 (“fearful”). (This character is an obsolete form of 葸).

#### Compounds

* 鰓鰓 / 鳃鳃

### References

* William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 92.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “鳃”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 85.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “鳃”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 201.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
* Kan-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
* Kun: えら (era, 鰓)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鰓
* えら Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 鰓 – see the following entry. :
| 【えらエラ】 | [noun] gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals) Alternative spellings 腮, 顋 |
(This term, 鰓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

鰓 (eumhun 아가미 새 (agami sae))
* gill

### Hanja

鰓 (eumhun 두려워할 시 (duryeowohal si))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鰓: Hán Nôm readings: tai
* gill