鲷
diāo

pagrosomus major

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鯛 pagrosomus major Traditional

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːw

說文解字

骨耑脃也。从魚周聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)