懂中文 Dong Chinese

鳗

mán

eel

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鰻.

Components
鱼 meaning component

鱼  Meaning component

yú

  

fish

曼 sound component

曼  Sound component

màn

  

long

Evolution

鳗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鳗 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鳗 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鳗 (鰻) 

mán

eel; Anguilla lostoniensis

Most common words with 鳗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鳗鱼

eel

鳗

eel

电鳗

electric eel

鳗鲡

eel