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鰓
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鳃
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fish gills

HSK 10
Human →Body
sāi
サイ、シ
えら
새
Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 思 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鰓)
魚 fish+ 思 think =
鰓 fish gills
魚 Meaning component
fish
思 Phonetic component
sī think
think, consider, ponder
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Simplified (鳃)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 思 think =
鳃 fish gills
鱼 Meaning component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
思 Phonetic component
sī think
think, consider, ponder
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Notes
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)
Chinese
鳃 / 鰓 [sāi]
gills of fish
Japanese
鰓 、 腮 (rare) 、 顋 (rare) えら 、 エラ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana gills; branchia
  2. usually kana angle of the mandible; gonial angle
顎門 、 腭門 、 顎 、 鰓 、 腮 あぎと 同音

noun

  1. archaic chin; jaw (esp. 顎門, 腭門, 顎)
  2. archaic gills; branchia (esp. 鰓, 腮)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ちなみに、魚のえらが真っ赤であるのは、肺と同じように「毛細血管」が多く集まっているからである。
Incidentally, that the gills of fish are bright red is because there are many 'capillary vessels' collected there, the same as for lungs.
CHINESE WORDS (5)
鳃裂 [sāi​liè] #65,961
gill slit (in fish)
鳃弓 [sāi​gōng] #68,759
visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)
七鳃鳗 [qī​sāi​mán]
lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
瓣鳃纲 [bàn​sāi​gāng]
Lamellibranchia
羽鳃鲐 [yǔ​sāi​tái]
Indian mackerel
JAPANESE WORDS (23)
⭐ 顎 [あご] #3,148
jaw
エラが張る [エラがはる] #124,394
to be square-jawed
エラ呼吸 [えらこきゅう] #164,707
branchial respiration
鰓蓋 [えらぶた] #208,342
gill cover
鰓裂 [さいれつ] #271,118
gill slit
後鰓類 [こうさいるい] #288,687
opisthobranchs
鰓弁 [さいべん] #305,717
gill lamella
エラ張り [エラばり]
being square-jawed
エラ骨 [エラぼね]
jawbone
前鰓類 [ぜんさいるい]
prosobranchs
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