澳洲鳗鲡
ào​zhōu​mán​lí

short-finned eel

澳 ào, aò, yù inlet

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奧 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

奧
奧 Sound component
mysterious

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'awHʔˤuk-s bay, cove

說文解字

《說文》：“澳，隈厓也。其內曰澳，其外曰隈。从水，奧聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

洲 zhōu continent

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 州 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

州
州 SoundMeaning component
zhōu state, province, islet

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyuwtu islet

Sources

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Baxter-Sagart

鳗 mán eel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鰻.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Sources

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鲡 lí, lǐ eel Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

丽
丽 Sound component
lì beautiful

Sources

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鰻 eel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound.

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmoːn
mons

說文解字

《說文》：“鰻，魚名。从魚，曼聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鱺 eel Traditional

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

麗
麗 Sound component
lì beautiful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːlʔ

說文解字

魚名。从魚麗聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)