Cryptobranchus japonicus

Components

Meaning component
fish

fish

Sound component
r, ér son

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeː

說文解字

剌魚也。从魚兒聲。

Sources

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

Cryptobranchus japonicus Simplified

Components

Meaning component
fish

fish

Sound component
r, ér son

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode