U+9BF1, 鯱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF1

[U+9BF0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9BF2]

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. (Japan) killer whale, orca

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. killer whale

Readings

  • Kun: しゃち (shachi, ); しゃちほこ (shachihoko, ); しゃっちょこ (shatchoko, )

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しゃち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana しゃち, katakana シャチ, rōmaji shachi)

  1. a killer whale
  2. (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
Synonyms
  • (killer whale):  (さか) (また) (sakamata)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しゃちほこ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From (shachi) + (hoko).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana しゃちほこ, rōmaji shachihoko)

  1. (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
  2. a Japanese pinecone fish
Synonyms
  • (Japanese pinecone fish):  (まつ) (かさ) (うお) (matsukasauo)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
しゃっちょこ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alteration of shachihoko.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana しゃっちょこ, rōmaji shatchoko)

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

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (shachi).

Kanji

(hiragana さち, romaji sachi)

Noun

(hiragana さち, romaji sachi)

  1. orca
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