jiāo

Radical: 鱼 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

鲛 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 鲛

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 鲛.

竹鲛
zhú jiāo
see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼[ma3 jiao1 yu2]
青鲛
qīng jiāo
ferocious sea fish
马鲛
mǎ jiāo
鲛人
jiāo rén
mermaid
鲛鱼
jiāo yú
shark
鲽鲛
dié jiāo
sturgeon
马鲛鱼
mǎ jiāo yú
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)

Related characters (radical 鱼)

Characters that share the radical .

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