鱺
lí

eel

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

麗
麗 Sound component
lì beautiful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːlʔ

說文解字

魚名。从魚麗聲。

Sources

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

鲡 lí, lǐ eel Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

丽
丽 Sound component
lì beautiful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode