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鮪
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鲔
🇨🇳

kind of sturgeon

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Fish
wěi
キ、ユウ、イ
まぐろ、しび
유
Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 有 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鮪)
魚 fish+ 有 possess =
鮪 kind of sturgeon
魚 Meaning component
fish
有 Phonetic component
yǒu possess
have, own, possess
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Simplified (鲔)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 有 possess =
鲔 kind of sturgeon
鱼 Meaning component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
有 Phonetic component
yǒu possess
have, own, possess
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Notes
Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (trad)鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish (trad)鮑 abalone (trad)鮨 seasoned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)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鲔
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲔 / 鮪 [wěi]
little tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus
Japanese
鮪 まぐろ 、 しび 、 マグロ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana tuna (Thunnus spp.); tunny (usu. Pacific bluefin)
  2. slangvulgarusually kana dead lay; starfish; (explanation) person who is inactive during sexual intercourse
  3. slangvulgarusually kana someone unconscious due to alcohol
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
サメの皮はマグロの皮よりはるかにざらざらしている。
The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
Japanese Names
鮪 まぐろ
Maguro unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (2)
鲔鱼 [wěi​yú] #56,536
tuna
鲔鱼肚 [wěi​yú​dù]
(cuisine) tuna belly
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
本マグロ [ほんマグロ] #117,985
Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
マグロ女 [マグロおんな] #158,819
dead lay
鮪包丁 [まぐろぼうちょう] #174,201
tuna knife
マグロ丼 [まぐろどん] #219,693
tuna donburi
葱鮪 [ねぎま] #264,457
one-pot meal of spring onions and tuna
梶木鮪 [カジキマグロ] #276,715
marlin
南鮪 [みなみまぐろ]
southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
大西洋黒鮪 [たいせいようくろまぐろ]
northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
磯鮪 [いそまぐろ]
dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)
葱鮪鍋 [ねぎまなべ]
stew based on spring onions and tuna
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