to fish Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts catching fish () from the water (). In many ancient forms, it was mostly written either as two hands holding a net catching a fish or four fish swimming in a stream of water.

Components

Iconic component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

SoundIconic component
fish

also represents the sound.

Sources

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

gōu hook Simplified

A metal  hook  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
SoundMeaning component
gōu hook

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

to fish Traditional

Depicts catching fish () from the water (). In many ancient forms, it was mostly written either as two hands holding a net catching a fish or four fish swimming in a stream of water.

Components

Iconic component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

SoundIconic component
fish

also represents the sound.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjo[ŋ](r)a to fish

說文解字

《說文》:“,捕魚也。从,从水。漁,篆文从魚。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

gōu hook Traditional

A metal  hook  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
SoundMeaning component
sentence

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuw[kˤ](r)ohook
Zhengzhangkoː
Unicodegou

說文解字

曲也。从金从句,句亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica