儒艮

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (儒艮)		儒	艮
simp. ^#(儒艮)		儒	艮

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 儒(じゅ)艮(ごん) (jugon), an ateji.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúgèn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ gan³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-kùn / jû-kùn / jî-kìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúgèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúgèn
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-kên⁴
  - Yale: rú-gèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rugenn
  - Palladius: жугэнь (žugɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ kən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ gan³
  - Yale: yùh gan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ gan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ gen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ kɐn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-kùn
  - Tâi-lô: lû-kùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lu'kuxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ kun¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² kun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-kùn
  - Tâi-lô: jû-kùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ju'kuxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ kun²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-kìn
  - Tâi-lô: jî-kìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ji'kixn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² kin²¹/

Noun

儒艮

dugong

Synonyms

人魚 / 人鱼 (rényú)
南海牛 (nánhǎiniú)
美人魚 / 美人鱼 (měirényú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
儒	艮
じゅ Grade: S	ごん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅごん [jùgóń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨɡõ̞ɴ]

- Homophone: 呪禁

Noun

儒(じゅ)艮(ごん) or 儒艮(ジュゴン) • (jugon)

a dugong

References

“儒^▲艮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025