Hanja Analyzer
鯢

鯢 — ye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
암고래 예
Romanization
ye
English
Cryptobranchus japonicus; a salamander
Mandarin
ní
Japanese on'yomi
ゲイ
Japanese kun'yomi
さんしょううお
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Radical
魚 (195, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
兒(예)
Unicode
U+9BE2

Parts that make up 鯢

  • 魚 고기/물고기 어 머리·몸통·꼬리를 갖춘 물고기물고기의 이름과 고기잡이
  • 兒 아이 아sound 숨구멍이 아직 닫히지 않은 아이아이. ‘아·예’ 계열의 소리

How 鯢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鯢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 魚, 兒.

Characters sharing the phonetic 兒

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “예” in Korean.

Other hanja read “예”

Other hanja with radical 魚

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences