What 魧 means
It names a large shell, fish oil, or a particular fish.
The Erya, an early Chinese dictionary, lists a large shell as 魧. Shuowen, another old dictionary, also gives fish oil as a meaning.
A Ming dynasty account uses 魧魚 for a particular fish called 嬾婦魚 and says its abundant fat was burned in lamps.
Why is 魧 written with 魚 and 亢?
魚 points to the subject; 亢 supplies the sound.
Shuowen analyzes 魧 as 魚 plus 亢: 魚 places it in an aquatic word group, while 亢 is a sound component. That links its construction to characters such as 航, not to their meanings.
Archaic, specialist vocabulary; in a message it can read as a quotation or lookup.
Don’t use 魧 alone to mean fish; old dictionaries give it several distinct senses.
Who writes 魧
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsUsually the large-shell sense.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
1Questions people ask
1Can I replace 𩵸 with 魧 in a quotation?
Not automatically. Chinese dictionaries record it as a variant of 魧, but it has a separate Unicode identity; preserve the source form when exact transcription matters.
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How to type or find 魧
- Search it as
- háng · hang2 · hang · large shell Chinese character · fish oil Chinese character · 魧魚 · 大貝 · 魚膏
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
魧\9B67Codes and encoding1 code points
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