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Translingual

Han character

(radical 195 +8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹X山 (NFHXU), four-corner 27317)

  1. Cryptobranchus japonicus
  2. a salamander

References

  • KangXi: page 1472, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46245
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2004, character 43
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4696, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+9BE2

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
*rŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋje
*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
*ŋeːʔ
*ŋeːs
*ŋje
*ŋeːd
*ŋeːɡ
*ɦŋeːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛj/
Li
Rong
/ŋei/
Wang
Li
/ŋiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2747
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeː/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
さんしょううお
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

山椒 (sanshō, Japanese pepper) + (uo, fish).

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana さんしょううお, katakana サンショウウオ, romaji sanshōuo, historical hiragana さんせううを)

  1. Alternative spelling of 山椒魚

Korean

salamander

Hanja

(ye) (hangeul , revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

  1. (도롱뇽) salamander

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