Read Edit View history Discussion 鯊 shā shark Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 沙 represents the sound. Components 魚 魚 Meaning component yú fish 沙 沙 Sound component shā sand Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangsraːl Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 鲨 shā shark Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 沙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鯊. Components 鱼 鱼 Meaning component yú fish 沙 沙 Sound component shā sand Sources Readings & variants Unicode