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鲼

fèn

Character Traditional 鱝

What 鲼 means

1. any ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order

Words containing 鲼

• 蝠鲼fú fènmanta ray (genus Mobula)
• 鹞鲼yào fènbonnet skate (zoology)

Characters built on 贲

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

• 喷pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
• 愤fènindignant; anger; resentment
• 偾fènto instigate; to ruin; to destroy

Characters that look like 鲼

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

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 鲸jīngwhale
• 鳍qífin
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 鲭qīngmackerel

Sounds the same

Read fèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 份classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分
• 奋to exert oneself (bound form)
• 愤indignant; anger; resentment
• 粪manure; dung
• 分part; share; ingredient
• 瀵name of a river; valley vapor
• 忿anger; indignation; hatred
• 瞓to sleep (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 睡
• 偾to instigate; to ruin; to destroy