zéi

cuttlefish

Components

Meaning component
fish

fish

Sound component
rule

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

cuttlefish Traditional

Components

Meaning component
fish
Sound component
rule

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzɯːɡ

說文解字

《說文》:“鰂,烏鰂,魚名,則聲。鯽,鰂或从即。”

Sources

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