鳗
(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
19 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,114 U+9CD7
How 鳗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鱼 (semantic, “fish”) + 曼 (phonetic, màn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曼
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曼 (màn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曼 sound component | màn | long, extended, vast; beautiful |
| 慢 | màn | slowly, leisurely; sluggish |
| 漫 | màn | inundating; exaggerated |
| 幔 | màn | curtain, screen, tent |
| 馒 | mán | steamed buns; steamed dumplings |
| 嫚 | màn | to scorn, to despise; to be rude to, to affront |
| 谩 | màn | to slight, to insult; to deceive |
| 熳 | màn | to spread |
| 缦 | màn | plain silk; simple, plain |
| 墁 | màn | to plaster; to pave |
| 镘 | màn | trowel |
Words containing 鳗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八目鳗 | bā mù mán | lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae) |
| 电鳗 | diàn mán | electric eel |
| 黑鳗 | hēi mán | short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) |
| 鳗鱼 | mán yú | eel |
| 盲鳗 | máng mán | hagfish (jawless proto-fish of class Myxini) |
| 芦鳗 | lú mán | variant of 鱸鰻|鲈鳗[lu2 man2], giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) |
| 七鳃鳗 | qī sāi mán | lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae) |
| 澳洲鳗鲡 | Ào zhōu mán lí | short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) |
| 鲈鳗 | lú mán | (Tw) giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), aka swamp eel or marbled eel; (coll.) (altern… |
| 鳗鲡 | mán lí | eel; Japanese freshwater eel (Anguilla japonica) |