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Flatfish A Flatfish

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Fish
píng
ヒョウ、ヘイ
ひらめ
평
Components
Traditional (鮃)
魚 fish+ 平 even =
鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish
魚 Meaning component
fish
fish
平 Phonetic component
píng even
flat, level, even
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Simplified (鲆)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 平 even =
鲆 a flatfish
鱼 Meaning component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
fish
平 Phonetic component
píng even
flat, level, even
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Notes
Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (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)鯧 the silvery pomfret (trad)
Chinese
鲆 / 鮃 [píng]
family of flatfish; sole
Japanese
平目 、 鮃 、 比目魚 (rare) ひらめ 、 ヒラメ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae)
  2. usually kana bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
  3. usually kana person who sucks up to superiors; toady
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
大菱鲆 [dà​líng​píng]
turbot
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
平目 [ひらめ] #106,920
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae)
舌平目 [したびらめ] #122,341
sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
大鮃 [おひょう]
halibut (esp. the Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis)
赤舌鮃 [あかしたびらめ]
red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)