鮪 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wěi

kind of sturgeon

Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 有 represents the sound.

Components

魚 Meaning component

yú

fish

有 Sound component

yǒu

have

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wěi

kind of sturgeon, tuna; little tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus

Most common words with 鮪

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	鲔	little tuna
	鲔鱼	tuna

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ]ʷrəʔ	hwijX	wěi	sturgeon

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6069th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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