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鲶

nián

Character Traditional 鯰

What 鲶 means

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

Words starting with 鲶

• 鲶鱼nián yúcatfish

Characters that look like 鲶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 翰hànwriting brush; writing; pen
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 鲲kūnfry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏
• 醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖

Sounds the same

Read nián, tone for tone, but written differently.

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