似鲴
sì​gù

Xenocyprioides

似 shì, sì resemble

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 以 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

以
以 Sound component
yǐ by means of
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartziXsə.ləʔ resemble

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

鲴 gù fish guts Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

固
固 Sound component
gù to become solid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鯝 fish guts Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang