鲇

鮎
nián
#4,143 most
frequent character
sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

鲇 has 鱼 fish as its meaning part and 占 zhàn for sound. It first meant catfish. The sound link is not clear in Mandarin.

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Homophones

黏nián
sticky

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