懂中文 Dong Chinese

鰻

mán

eel

Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound.

Components
魚 meaning component

魚  Meaning component

yú

  

fish

曼 sound component

曼  Sound component

màn

  

long

Evolution

鰻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鰻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鳗 (鰻) 

mán

eel; Anguilla lostoniensis

Most common words with 鰻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鳗鱼

eel

鳗

eel

电鳗

electric eel

鳗鲡

eel