鱉
biē

turtle

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

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
敝
敝 Sound component
bì worn out

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjietpetsoft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae?)
Zhengzhangped

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

鳖 biē turtle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鱉.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
敝
敝 Sound component
bì worn out

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode