鮨
qí

seasoned rice mixed with fish or vegetables

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

旨
旨 Sound component
zhǐ purpose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡri

說文解字

魚䏽醬也。出蜀中。从魚旨聲。一曰鮪魚名。

Sources

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

𮬜 yì, qí seasoned rice mixed with fish or vegetables Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode