Translingual

Han character

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

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References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46286
• Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4695, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9BF1

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: しゃち (shachi), しゃちほこ (shachihoko), しゃっちょこ (shatchoko)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しゃ​ち [sháꜜchì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

鯱 ‎(hiragana しゃち, katakana シャチ, romaji shachi)

1. an orca, a killer whale
2. (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger

Synonyms

• (orca): 逆叉 (さかまた) ‎(sakamata)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compound of 鯱 ‎(shachi) +‎ 鉾 ‎(hoko).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しゃちほこ [shàchíhókó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕi̥ho̞ko̞]

Alternative forms

• 鯱鉾

Noun

鯱 ‎(hiragana しゃちほこ, romaji shachihoko)

1. (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
2. Japanese pinecone fish

Synonyms

• (Japanese pinecone fish): 松毬魚 (まつかさうお) ‎(matsukasauo)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Alteration of shachihoko.^[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しゃっちょこ [shàtchókó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t̚t͡ɕo̞ko̞]

Noun

鯱 ‎(hiragana しゃっちょこ, romaji shatchoko)

1. (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger

Derived terms

References

1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Okinawan

Kanji

鯱 ‎(hiragana さち, romaji sachi)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鯱 ‎(shachi).

Noun

鯱 ‎(hiragana さち, romaji sachi)

1. orca