鮪
wěi

kind of sturgeon

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

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
有
有 Sound component
yǒu have

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwijX[ɢ]ʷrəʔsturgeon
Zhengzhangɢʷɯʔ

說文解字

鮥也。《周禮》：“春獻王鮪。”从魚有聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鲔 wěi kind of sturgeon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 有 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鮪.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
有
有 Sound component
yǒu have

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode