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trad.		鰻
simp.		鳗
alternative forms		𩺴𩻠 ⿰魚昘 ⿰魚𭦗 ⿰魚𭦟𩺴𩻠 ⿰魚昘 ⿰魚𭦗 ⿰魚𭦟 ⿰鱼⿳⺜𠀃勹

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鰻 (Southern Min)
鰻 (Wu)
鰻 (Cantonese)
鰻 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 鰻, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Historical forms of the character 鰻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

More information Old Chinese ...

	Old Chinese
獌	mroːn, moːns, *mons
鬘	*mroːn
謾	mroːn, mroːns, mon, moːn, *moːns
慢	*mroːns
嫚	*mroːns
縵	mroːns, moːns
曼	moːn, mons
饅	*moːn
蔓	moːn, mons
鰻	moːn, mons
墁	moːn, moːns
鏝	moːn, moːns
槾	*moːn
漫	*moːns
幔	*moːns
蟃	*mons

Characters in the same phonetic series (曼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moːn, *mons): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons) – a kind of fish.

Etymology

Note similarities to Burmese ငါးမန်း (nga:man:, “shark”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	鰻	鰻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	母官切	無販切
Baxter	man	mjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑn/	/mʉɐn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn/	/mʷiɐn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn/	/miuɐn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan/	/muan^H/
Li Rong	/muɑn/	/miuɐn^H/
Wang Li	/muɑn/	/mĭwɐn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑn/	/mi̯wɐn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun⁴	maan⁶

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰻	鰻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8744	8758
Phonetic component	曼	曼
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	瞞	万
Old Chinese	/*moːn/	/*mons/

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mán, màn (man², man⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ, ㄇㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁴ / mun⁴ / maan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): màn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): môa

(Teochew, Peng'im): muan⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶moe; ⁶me

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mán
  - Wade–Giles: man²
  - Yale: mán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
  - Palladius: мань (manʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common nonstandard variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màn
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴
  - Yale: màn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
  - Palladius: мань (manʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: maan⁴ / mun⁴ / maan⁶
  - Yale: màahn / mùhn / maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁴ / mun⁴ / maan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁴ / mun⁴ / man⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²¹/, /muːn²¹/, /maːn²²/

Note: maan6 - common variant.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màn
  - Hakka Romanization System: man^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: man²
  - Sinological IPA: /man¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa
  - Tâi-lô: muâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /muã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /muã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: muan⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: muâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mũã⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶moe; ⁶me
  - MiniDict: moe^去; me^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³moe; ³me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mø²³/, /me²³/

Middle Chinese: man, mjonH

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*moːn/, /*mons/

Definitions

鰻

Compounds

七鰓鰻 / 七鳃鳗 (qīsāimán)
八目鰻 / 八目鳗 (bāmùmán)
尖頭鰻 / 尖头鳗 (jiāntóumán)
泥鰻 / 泥鳗
海鰻 / 海鳗 (hǎimán)
盲鰻 / 盲鳗 (mángmán)
電鰻 / 电鳗 (diànmán)
鰻精 / 鳗精
鰻魚 / 鳗鱼 (mányú)
鰻鱺 / 鳗鲡 (mánlí)

Descendants

→ Indonesian: mua

References

“鰻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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鰻

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