鳗

See also: 鰻

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 鰻 (魚 → 鱼).

In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons) – a kind of fish. Note that 曼 has meaning of “long”, hence connotations of “a long fish, an eel”.

Han character

鳗 (Kangxi radical 195, 鱼+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓一日田水 (NMAWE), composition ⿰鱼曼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1480, character 51
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4710, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9CD7

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳗 – see 鰻 (“eel”). (This character is the simplified form of 鰻).

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