鳔 (biào): swim bladder (gas-filled organ…

Meanings

1 swim bladder (gas-filled organ in a fish)
2 air bladder
3 fish glue (made from swim bladders)

Characters

鳔

biào

fish swim bladder

Examples

HSK 6

鱼用鳔来控制自己的沉浮。

Yú yòng biào lái kòngzhì zìjǐ de chénfú.

A fish uses its swim bladder to control whether it floats or sinks.

HSK 7-9

鳔胶是用鱼鳔熬成的。

Biào jiāo shì yòng yú biào áo chéng de.

Fish glue is made by boiling down fish swim bladders.

Tips

usage

鳔 is the gas-filled organ that lets a fish stay neutrally buoyant. Common words: 鱼鳔 (fish swim bladder) and 鳔胶, a traditional strong glue boiled from dried swim bladders.

Components

radical

鱼 yú

fish

The fish radical 鱼 on the left marks 鳔 as something belonging to a fish - here an internal organ - grouping it with fish-anatomy and fish-name characters.

phonetic

票 piào

ticket; slip

Right is 票, supplying the sound that shifted to biào. It carries no meaning here - a straightforward phonetic loan.