腹鳍
fù​qí

pelvic fin

腹 fù stomach

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 复 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

复
复 Sound component
fù return

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjuwkp(r)ukbelly
Zhengzhangpuɡ
Unicodebiuk

說文解字

厚也。从肉复聲。

Sources

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

鳍 qí fin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 耆 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鰭.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
耆
耆 Sound component
qí, zhǐ, shì man of sixty

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鰭 fin Traditional

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

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
耆
耆 Sound component
qí, zhǐ, shì man of sixty

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgij[ɡ]rijdorsal fin of a fish
Zhengzhangɡri

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang