Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 念 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (鲶)
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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
鲶 / 鯰 [nián]
sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鮎|鲇[nián]
Japanese
noun
- catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)
- earthquake
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鯰 なまず
Namazu surname
CHINESE WORDS (1)
JAPANESE WORDS (10)
大ナマズ [だいナマズ] #158,423
giant catfish (mythological being thought to cause earthquakes)
瓢箪鯰 [ひょうたんなまず] #181,677
(person) slippery as an eel
痺鯰 [しびれなまず] #257,999
electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)
ナマズ髭 [なまずひげ] #260,269
drooping moustache
鯰絵 [なまずえ] #285,016
woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)
ナマズ号 [ナマズごう]
earthquake simulator
ヨーロッパ大鯰 [ヨーロッパおおなまず]
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
琵琶湖大鯰 [びわこおおなまず]
Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
逆さ鯰 [さかさなまず]
upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)
電気鯰 [でんきなまず]
electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)