Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 耆 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (鳍)
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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
鳍 / 鰭 [qí]
fin
Japanese
fin (e.g. of a fish)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鰭 ひれさき
Hiresaki surname
鰭 ひれざき
Hirezaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (9)
JAPANESE WORDS (29)
尾ひれ [おひれ] #47,079
tail and fins
背鰭 [せびれ] #47,622
dorsal fin
尾ひれがつく [おひれがつく] #48,530
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.)
尾鰭 [おびれ] #57,969
caudal fin
尾ひれをつける [おひれをつける] #89,111
to exaggerate
胸鰭 [むなびれ] #112,240
pectoral fin
鱶鰭 [ふかひれ] #179,197
shark fin
ひれ酒 [ひれざけ] #188,457
hot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)
小鰭 [こはだ] #209,602
mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)
腹鰭 [はらびれ] #227,309
pelvic fin
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