Hanja Analyzer
鮎

鮎 — jeom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
메기 점
Romanization
jeom
English
sheatfish, Parasilurus asotus
Mandarin
nián
Japanese on'yomi
デン, ネン
Japanese kun'yomi
あゆ なまず
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,201 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
魚 (195, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
占
Unicode
U+9B8E

Parts that make up 鮎

  • 魚 고기/물고기 어 머리·몸통·꼬리를 갖춘 물고기물고기의 이름과 고기잡이
  • 占 점령할 점, 점칠 점sound 갈라진 거북등과 입점치고 헤아리는 일. ‘점’ 계열의 소리

How 鮎 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鮎 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 魚, 占.

Korean example words with 鮎

  • 포점泡鮎 Korean gloss: 액체 표면에서 기포가 발생하기 시작하는 온도.
  • 점어鮎魚 Korean gloss: 메깃과의 민물고기. 몸의 길이는 25~30cm가 보통이나 간혹 1미터가 넘는 것도 있다. 어두운 갈색이고 불규칙한 얼룩무늬가
  • 점어구鮎魚灸 Korean gloss: 메기를 구운 음식. 메기의 내장을 뺀 다음 그 속에 양념을 넣고 기름종이로 싸서 짚으로 동이고, 흙을 발라서 짚불 속에 넣어
  • 점어상죽鮎魚上竹 Korean gloss: 메기가 대나무에 올라간다는 뜻으로, 역경을 극복하고 목적을 이룸을 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 鮎

  • 鮎あゆ ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
  • 稚鮎ちあゆ young sweetfish; young ayu
  • 若鮎わかあゆ young sweetfish
  • 鮎漁あゆりょう fishing for ayu
  • 鮎擬あゆもどき kissing loach (Leptobotia curta)
  • 鮎魚女あいなめ fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)
  • 落ち鮎おちあゆ sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
  • 鮎釣りあゆつり ayu fishing
  • 鮎掛けあゆかけ fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)
  • 兵児鮎へこあゆ razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus)
  • 琉球鮎りゅうきゅうあゆ Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)
  • 鮎ずしあゆずし sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice

Characters sharing the phonetic 占

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “점”

Other hanja with radical 魚

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