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鯭

cjk unified ideograph-9bed

Cantonese fish character 鯭

鯭 is a rare character used in Cantonese fish names, especially 泥鯭, the name for rabbitfish. In a message, the surrounding compound tells you whether the topic is the fish, a dish, or fishing. An older dictionary entry also links it to an amphibian-related term.

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What 鯭 means

In Cantonese, 鯭 most clearly names a fish in 泥鯭.

A 2022 Unicode proposal describes 泥鯭 as a rabbitfish name used across Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, and Macao.

A Kangxi Dictionary entry, citing the older Ji Yun dictionary, records 胡蜢 as an amphibian-related term linked with 鯭. This older dictionary sense differs from the Cantonese fish use.

Why does 鯭 appear in Cantonese food and fishing words?

It appears in names for the fish, its dishes, and its catch.

A 2022 proposal documents 泥鯭粥 (rabbitfish congee) and 浸泥鯭, a Zhuhai fishing method for catching rabbitfish, alongside aquaculture and cookbook examples.

A Hong Kong government fish list updated in 2025 also uses 泥鯭 for rabbitfish. That regional naming explains why the term appears in Cantonese food messages but may be unfamiliar elsewhere.

Why is 鯭 sometimes replaced by other characters?

Substitutions can change both the character and the reading.

A 2022 proposal records subtitles that retain 鯭, substitute 蜢, or use 猛 in running text when the exact regional character is difficult to enter or reproduce. It reports that younger and older readers may pronounce 泥猛 differently; 猛 can cue a different Cantonese reading from 鯭 in the fish name.

If the intended reading matters, check the compound and exact character. 鱼孟 is a documented workaround when the character cannot be entered; it spells two characters rather than one.

Regional Cantonese writing, especially seafood and local food contexts; the surrounding compound supplies the clue.

猛 can cue a different Cantonese reading, so it is not a safe substitute for 鯭.

Who writes 鯭

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What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings

Without surrounding words, the character does not identify a specific fish, dish, or fishing method.

Don't confuse it with

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CJK Unified Ideograph-731B

A documented substitute in some Cantonese text. It can prompt a different Cantonese tone and reading from the rabbitfish name written 鯭.

Combination ideas

3

Cantonese name for rabbitfish.

Rabbitfish congee.

A documented Zhuhai method for catching rabbitfish.

Questions people ask

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Can 鯭 mean any kind of fish?

No. Its documented Cantonese use names rabbitfish in compounds such as 泥鯭; use a general fish word when you mean fish broadly.

How to type or find 鯭

Search it as: maang1 · 泥鯭 · 泥鯭粥 · rabbitfish
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 9BED, then AltX to get 鯭.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-9bed”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 9bed, then Enter or Space.

HTML

鯭

CSS

\9BED

How to type 鯭

Try maang1 in a Cantonese Jyutping input method, which enters characters from romanized Cantonese syllables; coverage varies for rare characters.

If the input method misses it

A 2022 proposal records 鱼孟 as a workaround when 鯭 is unavailable; it writes two characters, not the same single character.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

鯭

HTML hex

鯭

CSS content

content: "\9BED";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E9%AF%AD

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On screen

1

Code points

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JS .length

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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