Hanja Analyzer
鯊

鯊 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
상어/모래무지 사
Romanization
sa
English
shark
Mandarin
shā
Japanese on'yomi
サ, シャ
Japanese kun'yomi
さめ はぜ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
18
Radical
魚 (195, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
沙(사)
Unicode
U+9BCA

Parts that make up 鯊

  • 沙 모래 사sound 물가에 깔린 모래모래. ‘사’ 계열의 소리
  • 魚 고기/물고기 어 머리·몸통·꼬리를 갖춘 물고기물고기의 이름과 고기잡이

How 鯊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鯊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 沙, 魚.

Japanese words with 鯊

  • 鯊ハゼ goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
  • 真鯊まはぜ yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
  • 虚鯊うろはぜ Glossogobius olivaceus (species of goby)
  • 跳鯊とびはぜ mudskipper (Periophthalmus cantonensis); mudspringer
  • 紬鯊つむぎはぜ yellowfin toxic goby (Yongeichthys criniger); horny goby
  • 雲鯊くもはぜ dusky frillgoby (Bathygobius fuscus)
  • だぼ鯊だぼはぜ goby (fish)
  • 糸引鯊いとひきはぜ Myersina filifer (species of goby)
  • 極楽鯊ごくらくはぜ barcheek goby (Rhinogobius giurinus)
  • 蚯蚓鯊みみずはぜ flat-headed goby (Luciogobius guttatus)
  • 南跳鯊みなみとびはぜ southern Japanese mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus)
  • 黄色珊瑚鯊きいろさんごはぜ yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae)

Characters sharing the phonetic 沙

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “사” in Korean.

Other hanja read “사”

Other hanja with radical 魚

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