zūn

barbel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
fish
Sound component
zūn respect

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

barbel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
fish
Sound component
zūn respect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzuːnʔ
zuːns

說文解字

赤目魚。从魚尊聲。

Sources

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