鳝 shàn eel Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 善 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鱔. Components 鱼 鱼 Meaning component yú fish 善 善 Sound component shàn good Sources Readings & variants Unicode 鱔 eel Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 善 represents the sound. Components 魚 魚 Meaning component yú fish 善 善 Sound component shàn good Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangdjanʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang