梭鱼 (suō yú) — red-eye mullet | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

red-eye mullet

Measure word · 条

Examples

梭鱼。
Jīn tiān zài hǎi xiān shì chǎng mǎi le yì tiáo xīn xiān de suō yú.
Today I bought a fresh red-eye mullet at the seafood market.
梭鱼，。
Zhè zhǒng suō yú ròu zhì xì nèn, shì hé qīng zhēng.
This kind of red-eye mullet has tender flesh and is suitable for steaming.
梭鱼，。
suō yú Shēng huó zài jìn hǎi, shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de shí yòng yú.
Red-eye mullet lives in coastal waters and is a common food fish.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

梭suōshuttle

梭鱼 combines shuttle and fish, naming a fish with a shuttle-like body.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木夋梭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

夋

夋qūn梭suō

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

梭 is built from 木, the wood part, and 夋, which gives its sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

Appears in

Fish & Aquatic Life

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