鳟

鱒
zūn
noun #35,188

Measure Word

一条鳟 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 trout
  2. 2 barbel (a type of fish)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā zài shān xī lǐ diào dào yì tiáo zūn.
He caught a trout in the mountain stream.
HSK 7-9
Sānwényú hé hóngzūn shì qīnqi.
Salmon and rainbow trout are relatives.

Tips

usage
Almost never used as a single character today - appears in compounds like 虹鳟 (rainbow trout) and 鳟鱼 (trout). Note the 鱼 ('fish') radical on the left, the standard pattern for fish names. There is also a Taiwan reading zùn.

Components

radical
鱼 yú
fish
Left fish radical in its simplified form - head on top, body and tail compressed into the cross-stroke at the bottom. The indexing radical: 鳟 names the trout, so this groups with 鲤 carp, 鲑 salmon, 鳕 cod, 鲨 shark - the whole shoal of single-character fish names.
phonetic
尊 zūn
to honour; venerable
Right 尊 supplies the sound zūn with no shift - a clean phonetic. 尊 pictures two hands lifting a ritual wine vessel, hence 'to revere.' The 'honoured fish' association is a nice mnemonic: trout were prized in classical Chinese fish-eating culture, the bright-red-eyed variety often singled out by name.

Stroke Order

鳟 zūn