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鮭
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
鲑
🇨🇳

spheroides

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Fish
guī
カイ、ケイ
さけ、しゃけ、ふぐ
해, 규
Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鮭)
魚 fish+ 圭 jade pointed at top =
鮭 spheroides
魚 Meaning component
fish
圭 Phonetic component
guī jade pointed at top
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Simplified (鲑)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 圭 jade pointed at top =
鲑 salmon
鱼 Meaning component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
圭 Phonetic component
guī jade pointed at top
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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)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)
Historical Evolution
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鲑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲑 / 鮭 [guī]
trout; salmon
Japanese
鮭 さけ 、 しゃけ 、 サケ 、 シャケ 同音

noun

  1. salmon (Salmonidae spp.)
  2. chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
鮭は川をさかのぼって砂に産卵する。
Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
CHINESE WORDS (1)
鲑鱼 [guī​yú] #9,408
salmon
JAPANESE WORDS (16)
焼き鮭 [やきしゃけ] #76,861
grilled salmon
塩鮭 [しおざけ] #81,019
salted salmon
紅鮭 [べにざけ] #151,465
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
生鮭 [なまざけ] #163,298
fresh salmon
鮭茶漬け [さけちゃづけ] #163,888
chazuke with salmon
鮭缶 [さけかん] #202,832
canned salmon
時鮭 [ときしらず] #206,924
summer-catch salmon
鮭漁 [さけりょう] #243,844
salmon fishing
乾鮭 [からざけ] #264,768
dried salted salmon
銀鮭 [ぎんざけ] #294,496
coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutsh)
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