鱏

鱏 (radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火一月十 (NFMBJ) or 弓火一田十 (NFMWJ), composition ⿰魚覃)

1. sturgeon
2. same as 鲟

• KangXi: page 1478, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46488
• Dae Jaweon: page 2009, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4713, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9C4F

鱏

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ray
2. skate

• Go-on: じん (jin)^{←じん (zin, historical)←じむ (zimu, ancient)}; いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}; いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)}
• Kun: えい (ei, 鱏)^{←えひ (efi, historical)}; かじき (kajiki, 鱏)^{←かぢき (kadiki, historical)}

From Ainu アイ (ay, “arrow”, by extension, "point"), by its stingers (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

• 鱝
• 海鷂魚

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) え​い [éꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [e̞i]

鱏 (hiragana えい, katakana エイ, rōmaji ei, historical hiragana えひ, historical katakana エヒ)

1. ray (a kind of cartilaginous fish)

• Ei refers to rays in general. Stingrays commonly found in Japan are called 赤 (アカ)鱏 (エイ) (akaei, “red stingray”)

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑikʲi]

鱏 (hiragana かじき, katakana カジキ, rōmaji kajiki, historical hiragana かぢき, historical katakana カヂキ)

1. Alternative spelling of 梶木 (“marlin”)

鱏 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

1. sturgeon