鳗
See also 鰻
Translingual
| simpl. | 鳗 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 鰻 | |
Etymology
In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 曼 – a kind of fish. Note that 曼 has meaning of “long”, hence connotations of “a long fish, an eel”.
Han character
鳗 (radical 195 鱼+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓一日田水 (NMAWE))
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 1480, character 51
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4710, character 9
- Unihan data for U+9CD7
Cantonese
Hanzi
鳗 (traditional 鰻, Yale maan4)
Mandarin
Hanzi
鳗 (traditional 鰻, pinyin mán (man2), Wade-Giles man2)