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Translingual

Han character

(radical 195 +6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜金大 (NFYCK), four-corner 20348)

  1. shark

References

  • KangXi: page 1469, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46127
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2002, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4688, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9BAB

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*keːws, *kreːwʔ
*pʰreːws
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
*kreːwʔ
*kreːwʔ
*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
*kreːws, *ɡreːws
*kreːws
*kʰreːw
*kʰreːw
*kʰraːw
*ŋɡreːwʔ
*ɡreːw
*ɡreːw
*ɡreːws
*ɡreːws
*ɡreːws
*keːwʔ
*keːwʔ
*keːwʔ
*qeːws
*pqreːwɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/kau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨw/
Li
Rong
/kau/
Wang
Li
/kau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6300
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːw/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. shark

Readings

Kanji in this term
さめ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Noun

(hiragana さめ, katakana サメ, romaji same)

  1. shark

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as サメ.


Korean

Hanja

(gyo) (hangeul , revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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