鯫
zōu

small fish

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
取
取 Sound component
qǔ take

fish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzloː
zloːʔ
sʰlo

說文解字

《說文》:“鯫,白魚也。从魚,取聲。”

Sources

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

鲰 zōu small fish Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
取
取 Sound component
qǔ take

fish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode