鳏

See also: 鰥

Translingual

Han character

鳏 (Kangxi radical 195, 鱼+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓一田中水 (NMWLE) or 弓一田中火 (NMWLF), composition ⿰鱼眔)

1. a kind of huge fish (which is said to like to swim alone)
2. widower
3. bachelor

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1480, character 51
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4706, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9CCF

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳏 – see 鰥 (“widower; widowed; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 鰥).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.