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silver carp

HSK 10
lián
レン
たなご
Components
Traditional (鰱)
fish+ one after another =
silver carp
Meaning component
fish
fish
Phonetic component
one after another
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Simplified (鲢)
Yu (surname)+ connect =
silver carp
Meaning component
Yu (surname)
fish
fish
Phonetic component
lián connect
join, connect
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [lián]
Hypophthalmichthys moritrix
Japanese
(rare) タナゴ たなご 同音
noun usually kana bitterling (any fish of subfamily Acheilognathinae, esp. species Acheilognathus melanogaster)
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