Translingual

Han character

鯰 (radical 195 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火人戈心 (NFOIP), four-corner 2833₂, composition ⿰魚念)

1. sheat

References

1. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46285
• Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4697, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9BF0

Cantonese

Hanzi

鯰 ‎(Jyutping nim4, Yale nim4)

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a catfish

Readings

• On: ねん (nen)
• Kun: なまず (namazu)

Etymology

鯰 (namazu): a biologist's depiction of a Amur catfish (Japanese catfish).

Possibly a compound of 滑 ‎(nama, “slippery, slimy”, possible ancient alternate for name reading) +‎ 頭 ‎(zu, “head”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) なまず [nàmázú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠zɯᵝ]

Noun

鯰 ‎(hiragana なまず, katakana ナマズ, romaji namazu, historical hiragana なまづ)

1. a catfish
2. (more specifically) the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Mandarin

Hanzi

鯰 ‎(Pinyin nián (nian2), Wade-Giles nien²)

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• Style: Traditional Chinese
  • Simplified equivalent: 鲇, 鲶