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鲂

魴
fáng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 bream (the freshwater fish Megalobrama; the old name for 鳊鱼)

Examples

鲂是一种银灰色、腹部隆起的淡水鱼。
Fáng shì yì zhǒng yín huī sè, fùbù lóngqǐ de dànshuǐ yú.
The bream is a silvery-grey freshwater fish with a humped belly.

Tips

history
鲂 is the classical name for the bream; modern Chinese normally says 鳊鱼. It appears in the 《诗经》 line about fishing for 鲂 and 鱮. The fish radical 鱼 marks the species; 方 supplies the sound.
register
Archaic and literary. In everyday Chinese the fish is called 鳊鱼; 鲂 stays in classical texts and names.

Components

radical
鱼 yú
fish
鱼 (fish) is the indexing radical, marking 鲂 as a fish species and grouping it with 鲂's cousin words such as 鲤.
phonetic
方 fāng
phonetic element
方 supplies the reading for 鲂, with the tone changing from level to rising; it is the same phonetic seen in 房 and 防.

Stroke Order

鲂 fáng