鯱

鯱 U+9BF1, 鯱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF1 ← 鯰 [U+9BF0] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯲 → [U+9BF2]

Translingual

Han character

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

1. (Japan) killer whale, orca

References

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

Chinese

trad.		鯱
simp.		𩾇

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鯱 (shachi).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 虎 (hǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔ (hu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hu³
    • Yale: hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/

Definitions

鯱

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

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

鯱

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. killer whale

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: しゃち (shachi, 鯱)、しゃちほこ (shachihoko, 鯱)、しゃっちょこ (shatchoko, 鯱)
• Nanori: しゃち (shachi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鯱
しゃち Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃち [sháꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

鯱(しゃち) or 鯱(シャチ) • (shachi) 

1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca

   Synonym: 逆叉 (sakamata)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鯱(しゃち)瓦(がわら) (shachigawara)
• 鯱(しゃち)張(ば)り返(かえ)る (shachibarikaeru)
• 鯱(しゃち)張(ば)る (shachibaru)
• 鯱(しゃち)巻(ま)き (shachimaki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鯱
しゃちほこ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鯱鉾

From 鯱 (shachi) +‎ 鉾 (hoko).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃちほこ [shàchíhókó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕi̥ho̞ko̞]

Noun

鯱(しゃちほこ) • (shachihoko) 

1. (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
2. Synonym of 鯱瓦 (shachihoko-gawara, “decorative tiles placed at the end of a roof-beam in the shape of shachihoko”)
3. Synonym of 松毬魚 (matsukasa-uo, “Japanese pinecone fish}, Monocentris japonica”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鯨(くじら)に鯱(しゃちほこ) (kujira ni shachihoko)
• 鯱蛾(しゃちほこが) (shachihokoga), 天社蛾(しゃちほこが) (shachihokoga)
• 鯱瓦(しゃちほこがわら) (shachihokogawara)
• 鯱立(しゃちほこだ)ち (shachihokodachi)
• 鯱張(しゃちほこば)る (shachihokobaru), 鯱張(しゃちこば)る (shachikobaru)
• 鯱虫(しゃちほこむし) (shachihokomushi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鯱
しゃっちょこ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alteration of shachihoko.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃっちょこ [shàtchókó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t̚t͡ɕo̞ko̞]

Noun

鯱(しゃっちょこ) • (shatchoko) 

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鯱(しゃっちょこ)立(だ)ち (shatchokodachi)
• 鯱(しゃっちょこ)張(ば)る (shatchokobaru)

Okinawan

Kanji

鯱

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Kun: さち (sachi, 鯱)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鯱 (shachi).

Noun

鯱(さち) (sachi) 

1. orca