鳕 (xuě): cod; codfish

Meanings

煎鳕鱼肉质鲜嫩好吃。

Jiān xuěyú ròuzhì xiān nèn hǎochī.

Pan-fried cod tastes tender and delicious.

鳕鱼的肝是鱼肝油的重要原料。

Xuěyú de gān shì yúgānyóu de zhòngyào yuánliào.

Cod liver is an important source of fish-liver oil.

memory

Fish radical 鱼 plus snow 雪. The snow part gives both the sound xuě and a clue: cod is a cold-water fish with snowy-white flesh.

radical

鱼 yú

fish

The fish radical, the meaning carrier marking this as a kind of fish. It groups cod with the large family of fish names built this way.

phonetic

雪 xuě

snow

Provides the sound, read 雪 and unchanged here. The snow image also fits a cold-water fish with pale white meat.

鳕 xuě