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鮞: caviar

By August 21, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

鮞 [鲕] ér


: caviar; fish roe

Kun Reading

鮞 | はららご hararago

noun
: (usually written using kana alone) hard roe (esp. salmon)
: roe, milt, fish eggs

On Reading

ジ ji
ニ ni
ジク jiku
ニク niku

 Usage:


none applicable

 Etymology:


象形 Pictophonetic.
魚 (yu2: fish radical 195) suggests the meaning while
(er2: and) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
鲕. Derived from generic character simplification rule #126 (魚 » 鱼) via replacement of character component.



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary