Translingual

Han character

鱓 (radical 195 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火口口十 (NFRRJ), composition ⿰魚單)

1. eel

References

• KangXi: page 1478, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46496
• Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4714, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9C53

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. moray eel

Readings

• Goon: ぜん (zen), だ (da)
• Kan’on: せん (sen), た (ta)
• Kun: うつぼ (utsubo), うみへび (umihebi), ごまめ (gomame)

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) うつぼ [ùtsúbó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɯᵝt͡sɯᵝbo̞]
• Homophones: 靫, 空穂

Noun

鱓 ‎(hiragana うつぼ, katakana ウツボ, romaji utsubo)

1. a moray eel

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

Korean

Hanja

鱓 • ‎(seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

1. The swamp eel, Monopterus albus

Mandarin

Hanzi

鱓 ‎(Pinyin shàn (shan4), tuó (tuo2), Wade-Giles shan⁴, t'o²)

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