鲫 (jì): (in 鲫鱼) crucian carp

Meanings

鲫鱼汤炖到奶白色最好喝。

Jìyú tāng dùn dào nǎibáisè zuì hǎohē.

Crucian carp soup is best simmered until it turns milky white.

求职者多得像过江之鲫。

Qiúzhízhě duō de xiàng guòjiāng zhī jì.

Job seekers were as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river.

usage

鲫 appears in 鲫鱼 (crucian carp), a common freshwater food fish. The idiom 过江之鲫 (carp crossing a river) describes a great crowd of people.

radical

鱼 yú

fish

Left side 鱼 is the fish radical, marking 鲫 as a kind of fish, the crucian carp in 鲫鱼.

phonetic

即 jí

namely; at once (here phonetic)

Right side 即 is the phonetic element; the sound has shifted only slightly, from jí to jì, so it is a close sound match.

鲫 jì