鰻
mán

eel

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

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmoːn
mons

說文解字

《說文》：“鰻，魚名。从魚，曼聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鳗 mán eel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鰻.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode