Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (鲸)
Notes
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Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (trad)鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish (trad)鮑 abalone (trad)鮨 seasoned鮪 kind of sturgeon (trad)鮫 shark (trad)鮭 spheroides (trad)鮮 fresh (trad/jp)鯇 grass (trad)鯉 carp (trad)鯊 shark (alt) (trad)鯔 mullet (trad)鯕 coryphaena hippurus (trad)鯖 mackerel (iii) (trad)鯗 dried fish (alt) (trad)鯛 pagrosomus major (trad)鯡 herring (iii) (trad)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鯤 spawn (trad)
Historical Evolution
鯨
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鯨
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鯨
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
鯨
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲸 / 鯨 [jīng]
whale
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鯨 いさな
Isana female given name
鯨 くじら
Kujira surname
CHINESE WORDS (20)
鲸鱼 [jīngyú] #7,557
whale
白鲸 [báijīng] #18,590
white whale
蓝鲸 [lánjīng] #39,661
blue whale
抹香鲸 [mǒxiāngjīng] #44,851
sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
鲸鲨 [jīngshā] #55,239
whale shark
须鲸 [xūjīng] #57,902
baleen whale
座头鲸 [zuòtóujīng] #61,372
humpback whale
齿鲸 [chǐjīng] #67,681
toothed whales
鲸鱼座 [Jīngyúzuò] #69,332
Cetus (constellation)
捕鲸 [bǔjīng]
whaling
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JAPANESE WORDS (79)
鬨 [とき] #57,618
battle cry
⭐ 捕鯨 [ほげい] #74,238
whaling
鯨波 [げいは] #91,777
raging waves
捕鯨船 [ほげいせん] #95,787
whaling ship
鯨油 [げいゆ] #121,590
whale oil
鯨幕 [くじらまく] #127,064
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
巨鯨 [きょげい] #130,625
huge whale
⭐ 鯨肉 [げいにく] #133,959
whale meat
鯨飲 [げいいん] #136,792
drinking hard
鯨座 [くじらざ] #138,328
Cetus (constellation)
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