鰛

See also: 鳁 and 鰮

鰛 U+9C1B, 鰛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C1B ← 鰚 [U+9C1A] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰜 → [U+9C1C]

Translingual

Traditional	鰮
Shinjitai (extended)	鰛
Simplified	鳁

Han character

鰛 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火日月廿 (NFABT), composition ⿰魚昷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1475, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4701, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9C1B

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鰛 – see 鰮 (“sardine”). (This character is a variant form of 鰮).

Japanese

Shinjitai	鰛
Kyūjitai	鰮

Kanji

鰛

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鰮)

1. Alternative form of 鰯

Readings

• Go-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kan-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kun: いわし (iwashi, 鰛)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鰛
いわし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【鰯いわし】J [noun] [from 756] a pilchard (especially a Japanese pilchard) (Sardinops melanostictus) [noun] [unknown] Japanese sardine [noun] [from 1747] an uncut sword [noun] [from c. 1310] on the night of the Setsubun, a pilchard is placed at the entrance along with a 柊 (hīragi, “Osmanthus heterophyllus”) to ward off evil spirits [noun] [from 1892] (slang, used by criminals) a prison guard Alternative spellings 鰮, イワシ

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