炸鱼
zhá​yú

fried fish

炸 zhà to fry in oil, explode

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aːɡs
zreːb

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鱼 yú fish Simplified

Simplified form of 魚. Pictograph of a fish.

Component uses

Meaning (4 of 76 verified)

鲜鲍鲸鳞鳍鲤鳌鲨鳄鳃鳖鳎鳗鲇鲫鲈鲑鳅鳝鱿鲟鲂鲆鲎鳕鲢鲶鲛鳟鳏鳊鲋鲅鲮鲱鲰鲲鲡鲠鳢鳔鲃鳙鲚鳇鲷鲔鲥鲵鲭鳐鲳鳜鲽鲴鳑鲦鲩鲻鲐鲕鲞鳀鳓鲙鳘鲣鳆鲯鲒鳣鲗鲼鳋鲺𱈜

Sound (3 of 4 verified)

鲁渔稣蓟

Iconic (3)

鲁渔鲧

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

魚 yú fish Traditional

Pictograph of a fish.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (4 of 61 verified)

鱖鱧鮮鯔鰲鱥鯕鯡鰹鮨鱣鰟鱉鱻鯛鱗鯊鯖鯗鰻鱺鯽鮭鮪鯨鱀鱄鱒鯤鱅魷鰣鯉鰭鰱魠鱸鱠鯷鱘鰓鮑鰾鰈鮫鰥鱔䰾鯇鰂魝鱈鰆鯧鯰鯢鯫鮃鱷鯪鱆

Iconic (4)

鯀漁爯魯

Sound (3)

漁魯穌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjo[r.ŋ]a fish (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“魚，水蟲也。象形。魚尾與燕尾相似。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)