U+9BF1, 鯱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF1

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𩾇

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (shachi).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as ().

Pronunciation


Definitions

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

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, Japanese-coined character).

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. killer whale

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しゃち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

(しゃち) or (シャチ) • (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

  • (Tokyo) しゃほこ [shàchíhókó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕi̥ho̞ko̞]

Noun

(しゃちほこ) • (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

  • (Tokyo) しゃっちょこ [shàtchókó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠t̚t͡ɕo̞ko̞]

Noun

(しゃっちょこ) • (shatchoko) 

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

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (shachi).

Noun

(さち) (sachi) 

  1. orca
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