FISH    魚魚

COLD-BLOODES AQUATIC ANIMAL which HAS a SPINE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The common general term for a fish is yú 魚. 2. Lín 鱗 can be also used as a general term for a fish, because the body of a fish is covered with scales (lín 鱗 ). 3. Xiān 鮮 is a fairly rare general term for a fish. 4. Jīng 鯨 (traditional reading qíng) refers to a whale. See FISHES 5. Shā 鯊 refers to a shark. 6. Guān 鰥 is the kind of a very large fish living in rivers and lakes. It has a long and narrow mouth and moves alone.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ANIMALS 24. 魚，魚類總稱。 其別稱，較早者 “ 水蟲 ” 。 常見者 “ 鮮 ” 。 從魚的外部特徵則可通稱為 “ 鱗 ” 。 ANIMALS 25. 鱘，古代主要指白鱘科的白鱘，世界上最大的淡水魚。鱘魚又稱淫魚。 鱣，鱘科大魚的古名。鰉（ ?? 、黃魚），中古起鱣的別名，亦稱鱘鰉。 鮪，廣義泛指白鱘和大小鱘魚，狹義指達氏鱘。鮥指小鮪。
Modern Chinese Criteria
魚 魚苗 魚秧 魚花 淡水魚 河魚 鹹水魚 海魚 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • FISHES　CATEGORIES of FISH. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
Part of
Hypernym
  • AQUATIC ANIMALS　ANIMALS that LIVE IN WATER. (anc: 6/0, child: 7)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.65

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 210

    Fisch etc:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 740

    Fisch/Fische

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1863

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology ( BARNARD AND SPENCER 2002) p.

    • Words (17 items)

    魚  yú OC: ŋɡla MC: ŋi̯ɤ 16 Attributions

    The common general term for a fish is yú 魚.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 鱉/TURTLE Biē 鱉 refers to the ordinary soft-shelled turtle with a legendary biting power, a culinary delicacy.
    • Oppos: 獸/BEAST Shòu 獸 tends to refer to dangerous mammals above a certain size that are typically imagined as running (zǒu shòu 走獸), and sometimes as liable to bite.

      Syntactic words
    • nfish
    • nadNfish-like
    • ndefinitea certain fishCH
    • nmadNfish-laden, laden with fish, full-of-fish-CH
    • n{pred}be a fishCH
    鱗  lín OC: rin MC: lin 3 Attributions

    Lín 鱗 can be also used as a general term for a fish, because the body of a fish is covered with scales (lín 鱗).

      Syntactic words
    • nabnonreferentialscaly creatures
    • nadVlike fish/scaly animals in water SHIJI: 鱗集
    鮑  bào OC: bruuʔ MC: bɣɛu 1 Attribution
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    • ndried fish (notorious for its stench)
    為魚  wéi yú MC: hjweH ngjo OC: ɢʷal ŋɡla 1 Attribution
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    • NPabfeaturecharacteristic fish-nature (compare 為人 "personality"，為言 "etymological meaning"　etc）CH
    鱗物  lín wù MC: lin mjut OC: rin mɯd 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPscaly creature: (primarily) fishCH
    吞舟之魚  tūn zhōu zhī yú MC: thon tsyuw tsyi ngjo OC: lʰɯɯn kljiw kljɯ ŋɡla 1 Attribution
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    • NPnonreferentialhuge fishCH
    魧  gāng OC: kaaŋ MC: kɑŋ 0 Attributions
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    • nERYA: kind of fish
    鮓  zhǎ OC: tsraaʔ MC: ʈʂɣɛ 0 Attributions
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    • nmsalted fish
    鮞  ér OC: njɯ MC: ȵɨ 0 Attributions

    Ér 鮞 refers to fry.

      Syntactic words
    • nfish roe
    鮨  qí OC: ɡri MC: gi 0 Attributions
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    • npickled fish
    鮭  xié OC: ɡree MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
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    • nmfish delicacies
    鮮  xiān OC: sen MC: siɛn 0 Attributions

    Xiān 鮮 is another general term for a fish.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 小/SMALL The dominant quite general word is xiǎo 小 (ant. dà 大 "big"), and this word refers to both physical size and abstract importance.

      Syntactic words
    鯊  shā OC: sraal MC: ʂɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Shā 鯊 refers to a shark.

      Syntactic words
    鯗  xiǎng OC: slaŋʔ MC: si̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmP: dried salted fish
    鯤  kūn OC: kuun MC: kuo̝n 0 Attributions

    The word is also used as a general term for a fry.

      Syntactic words
    鯨  jīng OC: ɡraŋ MC: gɣaŋ 0 Attributions

    Jīng 鯨 (originally read as qíng) refers to a whale.

      Syntactic words
    鰥  guān OC: kruun MC: kɣɛn 0 Attributions

    Guān 鰥 is the kind of a very large fish living in rivers and lakes. It has a long and narrow mouth and moves alone.

      Syntactic words
    • nSHI: large fish