鰻 — man

Parts that make up 鰻

How 鰻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鰻 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 魚, 曼.

Korean example words with 鰻

• 풍만風鰻 Korean gloss: 말린 뱀장어.
• 해만海鰻 Korean gloss: 갯장어과의 바닷물고기. 몸의 길이는 2미터이며, 등 쪽은 자갈색이고 배는 은색이다. 주둥이는 길고, 입은 크며 양 턱에 이빨이
• 양만하다養鰻 Korean gloss: 뱀장어를 기르다.
• 양만수협養鰻水協 Korean gloss: 뱀장어 양식을 하는 사람들이 만든 수산업 협동조합. ‘업종별 수협’에 해당한다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 鰻

• 鰻うなぎ eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
• 針鰻はりうなぎ elver (type of eel)
• 鰻屋うなぎや eel restaurant
• 鰻筒うなぎづつ eel trap
• 海鰻うみうなぎ eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.)
• 盲鰻メクラウナギ hagfish (esp. Myxine garmani)
• 痺鰻しびれうなぎ electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
• 大鰻おおうなぎ giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel
• 田鰻たうなぎ Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
• 袋鰻ふくろうなぎ pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)
• 鰻鍋うなべ eel stew
• 養鰻ようまん eel farming; eel culture

Characters sharing the phonetic 曼

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 “만” in Korean.

Other hanja read “만”

Other hanja with radical 魚