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鲇

nián

Character Traditional 鮎

What 鲇 means

1. sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus)
2. oriental catfish
3. see also {鲶|nián}

Characters built on 占

These share the phonetic component 占 (zhàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 店diàninn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 黏niánsticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 扂diàndoor latch
• 玷diànblemish; disgrace; flaw in jade
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with
• 坫diànstand for goblets

Sounds the same

Read nián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 年year
• 黏sticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 鲶sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲇
• 粘variant of 黏