nián

sheatfish

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
鱼 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

fish

占 sound component

  Sound component

zhànzhān

  

divine

Evolution

鲇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鲇 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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nián

sheatfish, parasilurus asotus; sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also |[nián]