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鮭: trout; salmon

By March 20, 2014January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

鮭[鲑] guī

noun
: trout; salmon

Kun Reading

鮭 | しゃけ shake

noun
: salmon (any fish of the family Salmonidae)
: chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

On Reading

鮭 | さけ sake

noun
: salmon (any fish of the family Salmonidae)
: chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

 Usage:

鮭魚[鲑鱼] gui1yu2: salmon; trout

さけりょう sakeryou: salmon fishing

鮭[鲑]精蛋白 gui1jing1 dan4bai2: salmine
紅鮭[红鲑] hong2gui1: sockeye
雄鮭 xiong2gui1: redfish
幼鮭 you4gui1: brandling



Japanese word
鮭茶づけ | さけちゃづけ sake chazuke
: chadzuke with salmon powder

乾鮭 | からざけ karazake: dried salted salmon
塩鮭 | しおざけ shiozake: salted salmon

燻鮭 | いぶしざけ ibushizake: smoked salmon; lox

 Etymology:

形声 Pictophonetic.
魚 (yu2: fish radical 195) suggests the meaning while
(gui1: jade pointed at the top) provides the sound.

簡體 Simplified.
鲑. Derived from generic character simplification rule #126 (魚 » 鱼) via replacement of character component.



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary