ér

roe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjɯ
njuɡ

說文解字

魚子也。一曰魚之美者,東海之鮞。从魚而聲。讀若而。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

ér roe Simplified

Components

Meaning component
fish

fish

Sound component
ér and

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode