鰈
dié

flatfish

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

枼
枼 Sound component
yè leaf

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːb
l'eːb

說文解字

比目魚也。从魚枼聲。

Sources

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

鲽 dié, qiè, zhá flatfish Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

枼
枼 Sound component
yè leaf

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode