鰓

See also: 鳃

鰓 U+9C13, 鰓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C13 ← 鰒 [U+9C12] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰔 → [U+9C14]

Translingual

Han character

鰓 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田心 (NFWP), four-corner 2633₀, composition ⿰魚思)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46344
• Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4701, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9C13

Chinese

trad.		鰓
simp.		鳃

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 腮?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāi (sai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sôi
• Eastern Min (BUC): săi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhi / sai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹ / sai¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sai
    • Wade–Giles: sai¹
    • Yale: sāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sai
    • Palladius: сай (saj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soi¹
    • Yale: sōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi / sai
    • Tâi-lô: tshi / sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy, say
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/, /sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhi - vernacular;
• sai - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ci¹ / sai¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi / sai
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³/, /sai³³/

Note:

• ci1 - vernacular;
• sai1 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹se
    • MiniDict: se^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: soj

Rime
Character	鰓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇來切
Baxter	soj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/səi/
Shao Rongfen	/sɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səj/
Li Rong	/sᴀi/
Wang Li	/sɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰓
Reading #	1/1
No.	13826
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鰓
Old Chinese	/*snɯː/

Definitions

鰓

1. fish gill

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鰓 (“gill (of a fish)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鰓
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鰓
	Harbin	魚嘎撒, 嘎撒, 魚嘎水, 魚棵鰓
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鰓, 魚鰓, 結鰓
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	魚鰓
	Xi'an	魚鰓
	Xining	魚耳鰓
	Xuzhou	魚鰓
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	魚鰓
	Ürümqi	魚鰓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鰓, 鰓巴, 魚鰓
	Wuhan	魚鰓
	Liuzhou	魚鰓
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	魚鰓
	Yangzhou	鰓, 魚鰓
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鰓, 魚鰓
	Dongguan	魚鰓
Gan	Nanchang	鰓, 魚鰓
	Lichuan	魚鰓
Hakka	Meixian	魚頦鰓
	Yudu	魚鰓
Huizhou	Jixi	魚葉鰓
Jin	Taiyuan	魚鰓
	Xinzhou	魚兒鬍鰓
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鰓, 魚鰓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鰓, 魚鰓
Southern Min	Xiamen	魚鰓
	Quanzhou	魚鰓
	Zhangzhou	魚鰓
	Tainan	魚鰓
	Haikou	魚鰓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	魚鰓
Wu	Shanghai	鰓, 魚蛤鰓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	魚夾鰓
	Suzhou	頜鰓
	Danyang	鰓
	Hangzhou	魚鰓兒
	Ningbo	魚鰓
	Wenzhou	鰓, 魚鰓
	Jinhua	鰓
Xiang	Loudi	魚鰓

Compounds

• 七鰓鰻／七鳃鳗 (qīsāimán)
• 曝鰓龍門／曝鳃龙门
• 海鰓／海鳃
• 瓣鰓類／瓣鳃类
• 蛤鰓／蛤鳃
• 魚蛤鰓／鱼蛤鳃
• 魚鰓／鱼鳃 (yúsāi)
• 鰓尾類／鳃尾类
• 鰓葉／鳃叶
• 鰓蓋／鳃盖
• 鰓蝨／鳃虱
• 鰓足類／鳃足类

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³
    • Yale: syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saai²
    • Yale: sáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯³⁵/

Definitions

鰓

1. Only used in 鰓鰓／鳃鳃.

Japanese

Kanji

鰓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
• Kun: えら (era, 鰓)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鰓
えら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鰓 – see the following entry.

【えらエラ】 [noun] gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals) Alternative spellings 腮, 顋

(This term, 鰓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

鰓 (eumhun 아가미 새 (agami sae))

1. gill

Hanja

鰓 (eumhun 두려워할 시 (duryeowohal si))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鰓: Hán Nôm readings: tai

1. gill