Chinese Character Wiki

鯢

ní

Cryptobranchus japonicus

Components
魚 meaning component

魚  Meaning component

yú

  

fish

fish

兒 sound component

兒  Sound component

ér, r

  

son

Evolution

鯢 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鯢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鯢 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
鯢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鲵 (鯢) 

ní

Cryptobranchus japonicus; a salamander; salamander

Most common words with 鯢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

大鲵

giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)

鲵

salamander

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6174th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

鲵

Unicode

U+9BE2

Shuowen

“鯢，刺魚也。从魚，兒聲。”


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