鳘

鰵
mǐn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 codfish (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9
鳘鱼肉质洁白紧实,很受欢迎。
Mǐnyú ròuzhì jiébái jǐnshí, hěn shòu huānyíng.
Cod has firm white flesh prized in cooking.

Tips

history
鳘 is rarely used alone; it names the cod and appears mainly in 鳘鱼. It joins 敏 for the sound with the fish radical 鱼 for the meaning - the same phonetic-plus-fish pattern seen across most fish names like 鲤 and 鲨.
register
Specialist and bound - found mostly in the fish name 鳘鱼, not as a free word.

Components

radical
鱼 yú
fish
Fish radical 鱼 at the bottom fixes the meaning: 鳘 is a kind of fish, the cod. The traditional form put the same fish radical on the left.
phonetic
敏 mǐn
quick; agile
敏 on top supplies the sound directly (mǐn). It is purely the sound element here, with no bearing on the fish's meaning.

Stroke Order

鳘 mǐn