黿
yuán

large turtle

Components

元
元 Sound component
yuán first
黽
黽 Meaning component
toad, frog

toad

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋoːn
ŋon
Unicodengiuæn

說文解字

大鼈也。从𪓑元聲。

Sources

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

鼋 yuán large turtle Simplified

Components

元
元 Sound component
yuán first
黾
黾 Meaning component
miǎn, měng, mǐn toad

toad

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode