鯊

See also: 鲨

鯊	U+9BCA, 鯊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BCA

← 鯉
[U+9BC9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯋 →
[U+9BCB]

Translingual

Han character

鯊 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 水竹弓田火 (EHNWF), four-corner 3933₆, composition ⿱沙魚)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1471, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46186
Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 37
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4693, character 2
Unihan data for U+9BCA

Chinese

trad.		鯊
simp.		鲨
alternative forms		鯋魦／𫚌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (沙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
硰	ʔsaːlʔ, sʰaːlʔ, *sraːl
娑	saːl, saːlʔ
挱	saːl, sraːl
挲	*saːl
桫	*saːl
渻	saːl, sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
沙	sraːl, sraːls
紗	*sraːl
砂	*sraːl
鯊	*sraːl
裟	*sraːl
桬	*sraːl
髿	sraːl, soːl
魦	sraːl, soːl
莎	*soːl
莏	*soːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sraːl) : phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls) + semantic 魚 (“fish”).

Etymology

“shark”: so named as its crude skin similar to sand (沙 (shā)).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shā (sha¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ
Eastern Min (BUC): săi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soa

(Teochew, Peng'im): sua¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹so

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sha
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹
  - Yale: shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha
  - Palladius: ша (ša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saa¹
  - Yale: sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: săi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa
  - Tâi-lô: sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sua¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sua³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹so
  - MiniDict: so^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹so
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /so⁵³/

Middle Chinese: srae

Rime
Character	鯊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所加切
Baxter	srae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʃa/
Wang Li	/ʃa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sraːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯊
Reading #	1/1
No.	11028
Phonetic component	沙
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鯊
Old Chinese	/*sraːl/
Notes	見爾雅：鮀

Definitions

鯊

^† a kind of small fish
Synonym: 鮀／𬶍 (tuó)
shark

Compounds

公牛鯊／公牛鲨 (gōngniúshā)
大白鯊／大白鲨 (dàbáishā)
姥鯊／姥鲨 (lǎoshā)
星鯊／星鲨
虎鯊／虎鲨
豆腐鯊／豆腐鲨 (dòufushā)
錘頭鯊／锤头鲨
鋸鯊／锯鲨 (jùshā, “sawshark”)
防鯊網／防鲨网 (fángshāwǎng)
雙髻鯊／双髻鲨 (shuāngjìshā)
食人鯊／食人鲨
鯊烯／鲨烯 (shāxī, “squalene”)
鯊魚／鲨鱼 (shāyú)
鯊鮀／鲨𬶍
鯨鯊／鲸鲨 (jīngshā)
鼬鯊／鼬鲨 (yòushā, “tiger shark”)

Japanese

Kanji

鯊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しゃ (sha)
Kan-on: さ (sa)
Kun: はぜ (haze)、さめ (same)

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

ハゼ

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Gobiiformes

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
鯊
はぜ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
沙魚蝦虎魚

From Old Japanese.

Noun

鯊(はぜ) or 鯊(ハゼ) • (haze)

goby

Derived terms

真(ま)鯊(はぜ) (mahaze, “yellowfin goby”)
極楽(ごくらく)鯊(はぜ) (gokurakuhaze, “barcheek goby”)
蚯蚓(みみず)鯊(はぜ) (mimizuhaze, “flat-headed goby”)
跳(とび)鯊(はぜ) (tobihaze, “mudskipper”)

Korean

Hanja

鯊 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

(uncommon) shark