Unicode: U+9B8E

Pinyin: nián

Definition

* 〔~魚〕頭大嘴寬,尾圓而短,皮有黏質,無鱗,背部蒼黑色,腹白色,上下頜有四根鬚。晝伏泥中,夜出活動。吃小魚、貝類、蛙類等

sheatfish, parasilurus asotus

Structure

鮎 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC