鲽 (dié): flatfish; flounder; sole

Meanings

鲽鱼的两只眼睛长在身体的同一侧。

Dié yú de liǎng zhī yǎnjing zhǎng zài shēntǐ de tóng yì cè.

Both eyes of the flatfish are on the same side of its body.

history

鲽 rarely stands alone; it normally appears as 鲽鱼 (sole / flounder). The phonetic 枼 also drives 蝶 (butterfly) and 牒 (official document).

radical

鱼 yú

fish

鱼 is the fish radical, marking 鲽 as a kind of fish, the flat-bodied sole.

phonetic

枼 yè

thin flat leaf-board

枼 supplies the sound, drifted to dié, and hints faintly at 'thin and flat', apt for a flatfish. It also drives 蝶 and 碟.

鲽 dié