yáo

the nautilus

Components

Meaning component
fish

fish

Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

the nautilus Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglew

說文解字

文鰩,魚名。从魚䍃聲。

Sources

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