鲈鳗
lú​mán

gangster

鲈 lú sea perch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 卢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鱸.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
卢
卢 Sound component
lú, lǘ, léi rice vessel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

鱸 sea perch Traditional

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

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
盧
盧 Sound component
rice vessel

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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

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