Translingual

Han character

鯎 (radical 195 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火戈竹尸 (NFIHS), composition ⿰魚成)

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References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1471, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46200
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4686, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9BCE

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: うぐい (ugui)

Etymology

ウグイ (ugui): a Japanese dace.

Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 ‎(u, “cormorant”) +‎ 食い ‎(kui, “eating, gobbling”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) うぐい [ùgúí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯᵝɡ̃ɯᵝi]

Alternative forms

• ウグイ
• 石斑魚

Noun

鯎 ‎(hiragana うぐい, katakana ウグイ, romaji ugui, historical hiragana うぐひ)

1. the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• 丸太 (まるた) ‎(maruta)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9