鰱
lián

silver carp

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

連
連 Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangren

說文解字

魚名。从魚連聲。

Sources

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

鲢 lián silver carp Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

连
连 Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode