guān

huge fish

Components
鱼 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

fish

fish

眔 sound component

  Sound component

  

reach to

Evolution

鳏 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
鳏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鳏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鳏 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鳏 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

guān

huge fish; widower; bachelor

Most common words with 鳏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鳏夫

widower

widower

鳏寡孤独

fig. people with no one left to rely on