姥鲨 lǎoshā basking shark Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 姥 lǎo, mǔ maternal grandmother An older 老 woman 女; 老 also provides the pronunciation Components 女 女 Meaning component nǚ, nü woman 老 老 SoundMeaning component lǎo old Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangruːʔmaːʔUnicodemǒ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 鲨 shā shark Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 沙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鯊. Components 鱼 鱼 Meaning component yú fish 沙 沙 Sound component shā sand Sources Readings & variants Unicode 鯊 shark Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 沙 represents the sound. Components 魚 魚 Meaning component yú fish 沙 沙 Sound component shā sand Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangsraːl Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
